Did you see the Super Moon

For those that don't know, there was a rare and an incredible lunar event last night. Here is a snap of what it looked like.

Thanks for telling us the day after


Damn, I wanted to see the super moon

yeah I went out and looked a few times. pretty cool, I regret not taking a few pics

just looked like a normal moon to me... not as cool as I thought it'd be.

rain and clouds here, would've been rad to see, lol next time if i'm around still =)

que the techno music...
bump bump bump bump bump

was looking through the tall pines, at clouds...

ddrew said:

Thanks for telling us the day after


Damn, I wanted to see the super moon

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Yeah I didn't know myself until it was happening, sorry. Someone called me and told me to go look. I thought it looked pretty cool and snapped some pics.

'Supermoon' Rises: Biggest Full Moon in 18 Years Occurs Saturday Night

http://news.yahoo.com/s/space/20110...esbiggestfullmoonin18yearsoccurssaturdaynight

Space.com space.com – Fri Mar 18, 4:15 pm ET
This story was updated at 3:32 p.m. ET.
Thanks to a fluke of orbital mechanics that brings the moon closer to Earth than that it has been in more than 18 years, the biggest full moon of 2011 will occur on Saturday, leading some observers to dub it a "supermoon."
On Saturday afternoon at 3 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time, the moon will arrive at its closest point to the Earth in 2011: a distance of 221,565 miles (356,575 kilometers) away. And only 50 minutes earlier, the moon will officially be full. [Photos: Our Changing Moon]
At its peak, the supermoon of March may appear 14 percent larger and 30 percent brighter than lesser full moons (when the moon is at its farthest from Earth), weather permitting. Yet to the casual observer, it may be hard to tell the difference.
The supermoon will not cause natural disasters, such as the Japan earthquake, a NASA scientist has stressed.
Spotting the supermoon
The moon has not been in a position to appear this large since March 1993.
In December 2008, there was a near-supermoon when the moon turned full four hours away from its perigee – the point in its orbit that is closest to Earth. But this month, the full moon and perigee are just under one hour apart, promising spectacular views, depending on local conditions. [Infographic: 'Supermoon' Full Moons Explained]
Although a full moon theoretically lasts just a moment, that moment is imperceptible to ordinary observation.
During the day or so before and after, most will speak of seeing the nearly full moon as "full," with the actual shaded area of the lunar surface being so narrow – and changing in apparent width so slowly – that it is hard for the naked eye to tell whether it's present, or which side it is.
Supermoon making waves
In addition, the near coincidence of Saturday’s full moon with perigee will result in a dramatically large range of high and low ocean tides.
The highest tides will not, however, coincide with the perigee moon but will actually lag by up to a few days depending on the specific coastal location. For example, in Wilmington, N.C., the highest tide (5.3 feet) will be attained at 11:21 p.m. EDT on March 20.
In New York City, high water (5.9 feet) at The Battery comes at 10:49 p.m. EDT on March 21, while at Boston Harbor, a peak tide height of 12.2 feet comes at 1:31 a.m. EDT on March 22, almost 2 1/2 after perigee.
According to the Observer’s Handbook of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada, residents of regions along the shores of the Bay of Fundy in eastern Canada, the 10- to 20-foot (3- to 6-meter) swell in the vertical tidal range makes it obvious when the moon lies near perigee, regardless of clear skies or cloudy.
Any coastal storm at sea around this time will almost certainly aggravate coastal flooding problems.
Such an extreme tide is known as a perigean spring tide, the word spring being derived from the German springen – to "spring up," and is not, as is often mistaken, a reference to the spring season.
In contrast, later this year, on October 11, the full moon will closely coincide with apogee, its farthest point from the Earth. In fact, on that night the moon will appear 12.3 percent smaller than it will appear this weekend.
Big full moon's appearance is deceiving
And while this weekend’s moon will be – as the Observer’s Handbook suggests – the "largest full moon of 2011," the variation of the moon's distance is not readily apparent to observers viewing the moon directly. [10 Things You Didn't Know About the Moon]
Or is it?
When the perigee moon lies close to the horizon, it can appear absolutely enormous. That is when the famous “moon illusion” combines with reality to produce a truly stunning view.
For reasons not fully understood by astronomers or psychologists, a low-hanging moon looks incredibly large when hovering near trees, buildings and other foreground objects. The fact that the moon will be much closer than usual this weekend will only serve to amplify this strange effect.
So … a perigee moon, either rising in the east at sunset or dropping down in the west at sunrise might seem to make the moon appear so close that it almost appears that you could touch it. You can check out this out for yourself by first noting the times for moonrise and moonset for your area by going to this website.
Happy mooning!
If you'd like to share your supermoon photos of the March 19 full moon, contact SPACE.com managing editor Tariq Malik: tmalik@space.com.
Joe Rao serves as an instructor and guest lecturer at New York's Hayden Planetarium. He writes about astronomy for The New York Times and other publications, and he is also an on-camera meteorologist for News 12 Westchester, N.Y.

SacredTHCRitual said:

que the techno music...
bump bump bump bump bump

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=)

in hindsight, i should've attempted the trip out to the full moon desert rave despite the rain, c'est la vie, man it would've been awesome *sigh*

p.s. most of my batch o' seeds sprouted hooray =)

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p.s. most of my batch o' seeds sprouted hooray =)

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Well that is better than some old moon. Congratulations.

Here I thought this thread would be about a really large group of people dropping their drawers to expose their backsides in unison . . .

BlueBlazer said:

Here I thought this thread would be about a really large group of people dropping their drawers to expose their backsides in unison . . .

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HAHA
That's what I expected when I said I wanted to see the super moon.
I thought for sure the next post would be a big pic of someones bare ass

It was great all I had to do was look out my front window while setting on the couch.

Reminds me of the time I was excited to go see Halley's Comet they said the best view was 15 miles out in the middle of the desert. Well it was March and freezing cold so my cousin and I drove my 1968 VW camper van with no heater out 15 miles then 5 miles down a dirt road only to find if we had looked up we could have saw it just as good from my driveway.
That Comet laughed at us the whole way home.

a super moon is not rare it occurs onces every 14 lunar months or 14 full moons. The next one will be may 2012.

i gotta couple shots of it it was really cool commin up off the water sunset red




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wasn't that spectacular.. I love the moon btw

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