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Night delight: 'supermoon' to grace Earth's skies
Yahoo News ^ | 11 Nov 2016 | Irene Klotz

Posted on 11/11/2016 8:24:16 AM PST by mandaladon

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (Reuters) - The largest, brightest full moon in nearly seven decades will be on display in the coming days, promising Earth-bound sky-watchers a celestial "supermoon" spectacle. The full moon will come nearer to Earth than at any time since 1948, astronomers said. At closest approach, which occurs at 6:23 a.m. EST on Monday, the moon will pass within 216,486 miles (348,400 km) of Earth's surface, about 22,000 miles (35,400 km) closer than average, they added. The moon's distance from Earth varies because it is in an egg-shaped, not circular, orbit around the planet. If skies are clear, the upcoming full moon will appear up to 14 percent bigger and 30 percent brighter than usual, making it what is called a supermoon, according to NASA. A supermoon occurs when the timing of a full moon overlaps with the point in the moon's 28-day orbit that is closest to Earth. About every 14th full moon is a supermoon, said University of Wisconsin astronomer Jim Lattis. The next time a full moon comes as close to Earth will be in 2034.

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TOPICS: Extended News; Miscellaneous; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: supermoon; trump
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------A Trump moon?
1 posted on 11/11/2016 8:24:16 AM PST by mandaladon
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------A Trump moon?

I'm gonna make it a point to see if the 'man in the moon' looks like DJ this year !   ;-)

2 posted on 11/11/2016 8:28:33 AM PST by tomkat
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To: mandaladon

Well...it is orange :)


3 posted on 11/11/2016 8:29:16 AM PST by Catmom (We're all gonna get the punishment only some of us deserve.)
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To: mandaladon
The next time a full moon comes as close to Earth will be in 2034.

It seems that every time an event like this takes place, we're told it won't happen again for decades. Yet every few years, they seem to keep happening. I guess we'll probably have other super moons that aren't quite this super in the years before 2034?

4 posted on 11/11/2016 8:29:19 AM PST by Sans-Culotte (Time to get the US out of the UN and the UN out of the US!)
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To: mandaladon

Just keep Uranus far away,


5 posted on 11/11/2016 8:30:02 AM PST by Old Yeller (Auto-correct has become my worst enema.)
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To: mandaladon

Well, it’s kinda got his hair color.


6 posted on 11/11/2016 8:30:26 AM PST by Right Brother
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To: mandaladon

Thanks! I’ll try to remember to step outside tonight! :)


7 posted on 11/11/2016 8:30:32 AM PST by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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To: mandaladon

Somebody will photoshop Trump on it, no doubt!


8 posted on 11/11/2016 8:32:07 AM PST by GnuThere
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To: mandaladon

God’s timing, always impeccable.


9 posted on 11/11/2016 8:32:48 AM PST by dadfly
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To: mandaladon
The moon's distance from Earth varies because it is in an egg-shaped...

The word is elliptical, for those of you from government schools.

10 posted on 11/11/2016 8:33:36 AM PST by MarineBrat (Better dead than red!)
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To: mandaladon

There is something real spiritual going on here, with the Donald Trump presidential victory and now this. Just saying.


11 posted on 11/11/2016 8:45:07 AM PST by lombardwarrior2
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To: mandaladon

In before the aliens guy.


12 posted on 11/11/2016 8:45:58 AM PST by Gamecock (Gun owner. Christian. Pro-American. Pro Law and Order. I am in the basket of deplorables.)
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To: mandaladon

Nice!
Partly cloudy forecast for Northern Illinois.

And in case you forgot; the moon comes as a ‘D’ and goes as a ‘C’.


13 posted on 11/11/2016 8:48:35 AM PST by DUMBGRUNT
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To: mandaladon

Is it just me or is there something very unsettling about talk of a full moon 22,000 miles closer, 14 percent bigger, and 30 percent brighter, while Hillary is still on the loose?


14 posted on 11/11/2016 8:57:18 AM PST by DoughtyOne (The morning and the evening were the election day. People voted. The Lord saw, and it was good.)
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To: mandaladon

A private citizen wins the presidency, the Cubs win the World Series, and now this.

Life is wonderful.


15 posted on 11/11/2016 9:04:33 AM PST by Navin Johnson
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To: DoughtyOne

Funny! :-)


16 posted on 11/11/2016 9:06:02 AM PST by pax_et_bonum (Never Forget the Seals of Extortion 17 - and God Bless America)
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“:^)


17 posted on 11/11/2016 9:09:24 AM PST by DoughtyOne (The morning and the evening were the election day. People voted. The Lord saw, and it was good.)
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To: Sans-Culotte
It seems that every time an event like this takes place, we're told it won't happen again for decades.

Slow news day?

(Does this need a /sarc tag?)

18 posted on 11/11/2016 9:28:12 AM PST by thulldud
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To: MarineBrat

Lol I was thinking the same thing...why not say “elliptical”?


19 posted on 11/11/2016 9:39:28 AM PST by DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis
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To: mandaladon

Shining down for a new and greater America.


20 posted on 11/11/2016 10:04:41 AM PST by bgill (From the CDC site, "We don't know how people are infected with Ebola")
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