Hum Posted March 14, 2011 Share Posted March 14, 2011 Look! Up in the sky. It's a bird, it's a plane, it's ... supermoon! That's what you'll see when you gaze into the heavens on March 19. It'll sort of be hard to miss. On that night, the full moon will be at lunar perigee, the nearest approach in its orbit around Earth. But in this case, it will be at its closest proximity to us in 18 years. With our neighboring satellite scheduled to light up the sky from only 221,567 miles away, some are wondering if its close proximity will cause any unexpected problems back on Earth. We all know, most likely from elementary school science or episodes of "Nova," that the moon's gravitational pull on our home planet affects the ocean tides. But with the upcoming extreme closeness of the moon, will any tide increases trigger other possible problems, such as earthquakes ? And according to John Vidale a seismologist at the University of Washington in Seattle, we'll never notice anything different about next week's lunar perigee. "It's somewhere between 'it has no effect' and 'it's so small you don't see any effect.' " more Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flawed Posted March 14, 2011 Share Posted March 14, 2011 Sounds interesting. I'm assuming it will appear larger and with a greater clarity. Time to dig out the telescope :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zain Adeel Posted March 14, 2011 Share Posted March 14, 2011 wooooooo :p lets see how big it looks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hum Posted March 14, 2011 Author Share Posted March 14, 2011 Expect Moonquakes :alien: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.Neo Posted March 14, 2011 Share Posted March 14, 2011 Expect Moonquakes :alien: Those would be quakes on the Moon itself rather than here on Earth. ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taliseian Posted March 14, 2011 Share Posted March 14, 2011 ...just don't ask Bill O'Reilly about it. :rolleyes: T Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Growled Member Posted March 15, 2011 Member Share Posted March 15, 2011 But with the upcoming extreme closeness of the moon, will any tide increases trigger other possible problems, such as earthquakes ? Let's hope not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zain Adeel Posted March 16, 2011 Share Posted March 16, 2011 nothing anyone can even notice :) ppl are just making a huge deal out of it. I am recieving forward SMS that its gona be the end of days and all of that BS.. i dont know who even believes that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vincent Posted March 16, 2011 Share Posted March 16, 2011 Sounds interesting. I'm assuming it will appear larger and with a greater clarity. Time to dig out the telescope :) I've already got my 4" Dobsonian Reflector ready Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hum Posted March 18, 2011 Author Share Posted March 18, 2011 I've already got my 4" Dobsonian Reflector ready Post some pictures. If there are any earthquakes. they will blame the Moon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teebor Posted March 18, 2011 Share Posted March 18, 2011 Well this happens tomorrow, I plan to be doing not a lot all day and by the evening it better not arrive before anything good comes on tv :D But seriously, if something was going to happen because of this we would be feeling the effects already, maybe even the first signs of something, maybe birds flying oddly? water going down the plughole a different direction? At worst all I can think of is that its going to be a bit brighter tomorrow night when the moon is out, so long as there is not cloud cover. Or maybe I'm expecting too much gloom and doom with that statement? OMG just realised? Have the pinky and the brain actually achieved their goal and the moon magnet worked? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zain Adeel Posted March 19, 2011 Share Posted March 19, 2011 GUYS LOOK AT THE MOON!!! it IS SO SO BRIGHT and it actually looks like 5% bigger than normal!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crisp Posted March 19, 2011 Share Posted March 19, 2011 If there are any earthquakes. they will blame the Moon. and all I can say to these kind of people are deal with it. The Moon was here before you. I read somewhere that tonights Moon will not look any bigger than what it usally is and that most of it is hype. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djdanster Posted March 19, 2011 Share Posted March 19, 2011 I have to say it did look amazing! The clarity and brightness was brilliant. It was a clear night so I was able to see the moon in great detail just with my eyes. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Singh400 Posted March 19, 2011 Share Posted March 19, 2011 It was incredibly clear last night, and it did look very nice. Should have snapped some pictures sorry! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zain Adeel Posted March 19, 2011 Share Posted March 19, 2011 well yea i read the size would look the same but damn i cant believe it i can actually note it being bigger than normal. but just a lil!.. and the sky here is damn clear!! so its a BRIGHT GLOW around it as its a full moon! Wow :D love The UNIVERSE! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
majortom1981 Posted March 19, 2011 Share Posted March 19, 2011 Doesnt happen here in ny until 7 but this mornings was also pretty big . It was infront of me the whole way to work today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rappy Veteran Posted March 19, 2011 Veteran Share Posted March 19, 2011 I didn't even know we could see it here :rofl: but I got shot with phone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kjordan2001 Posted March 19, 2011 Share Posted March 19, 2011 Too bad it seems like it's going to be cloudy all of today in my area with 95-98% cloud coverage... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unix2 Posted March 19, 2011 Share Posted March 19, 2011 I will take a video of the supermoon with my iPhone tonight for you guys! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshall Veteran Posted March 19, 2011 Veteran Share Posted March 19, 2011 Too bad it seems like it's going to be cloudy all of today in my area with 95-98% cloud coverage... Same here, I figured it would be my luck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unix2 Posted March 20, 2011 Share Posted March 20, 2011 This is the moon guys where I am right now... nothing super about it. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I3****LdEwM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unix2 Posted March 20, 2011 Share Posted March 20, 2011 Here is a better version that I did but I still fail to see what is the big deal about the moon today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LittleNeutrino Veteran Posted March 20, 2011 Veteran Share Posted March 20, 2011 I was going to look at this, however, it is cloudy outside :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
medium_pimpin Posted March 20, 2011 Share Posted March 20, 2011 That's no moon... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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