Fao Tilly

[corylus]

Re: your post last night supposed to be a Supermoon tonight.

[tonyav]

Tomorrow night, corylus.
http://www.christianpost.com/news/supermoons-2014-next-one-on-sept-9-alongside-perseid-meteor-showers-124614/

[corylus]

BBC this am said it was tonight!

[Tilly2]

I have just been out to see it, shrouded in cloud at the moment. Thanks for the information, both of you.

Last night, it was so bright I thought we had left the back garden, outside light on.

[tonyav]

Right, haven't seen that, corylus.

[stuey]

For my area, too, it's on the 9th: 99.9% illuminated. But, it's closer to the earth tonight. So what makes a "Supermoon": the closeness or the fullness of the moon? I don't know.

[Tilly2]

Closeness, according to Yont's link.

[tonyav]

A supermoon is a lunar phenomenon where the moon reaches a point in its orbit where it is closest to the Earth, where it appears bigger and brighter.


Closeness then, stuey. copied and pasted from the link above.

[corylus]

Can't see it here anyway, too cloudy!

[Tilly2]

I think the Moon is always 'super', no matter what the date. It's a magical thing, I think.

[Tilly2]

Lets hope for a clear sky tomorrow night.

[jno]

Last night, it was so bright I thought we had left the back garden, outside light on.

Our solar-powered garden lights went out; they must have thought it was daytime again.

[Tilly2]

Ha! That's funny, jno. Our hedgehogs got confused as well.

[grasscarp]

Huge clear and bright west London

[stuey]

So, in that case, Tony, it's tonight. Distance from the Earth tonight 358,405; tomorrow, 359,465.

[tonyav]

Can't see it at the moment here ( West Mids ) to cloudy.

[Tilly2]

60 miles difference then?

[corylus]

Thanks Stuey

[tonyav]

So I wonder why that link say's it's tomorrow.

[grasscarp]

No 1060

[stuey]

More than that, Tilly. Anyway, the moon "a magical thing"?...How cheesey is that?:)