Friday, December 12, 2008

Biggest, Brightest Full Moon of 2008

As said on Nat Geo news "Although a full moon happens every month, the one that rises tomorrow will appear about 30 percent brighter and 14 percent larger than the other full moons seen so far this year.

That's because our cosmic neighbor will be much closer than usual. The moon will be at its closest perigee—the nearest it gets to Earth during its egg-shaped orbit around our planet."

No sooner did we hear this news (around 9pm IST) we rushed to our garden, and we could only capture this, that too only in a sepia effect can we at least spot the 'white' moon.

More of the same news,
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7779294.stm
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/3722203/Biggest-and-brightest-full-moon-for-15-years-will-illuminate-the-night-sky.html

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