Moon tonight closest to the earth for the next 20 years

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  1. ASSEMbler

    ASSEMbler Administrator Staff Member

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    so go outside and look up!
     
  2. Yakumo

    Yakumo Pillar of the Community *****

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    ooh, just my look it's really shitty weather wise today :(
     
  3. gelberhase

    gelberhase Gutsy Member

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    that´s why it looked so awesome last night (I was pretty much looking at it all the time we drove up from Frankfurt :p).
    A shame I didn´t take a pic -.-
     
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    It was big and bright. It looked like somebody was shining a bright spotlight. I could see some of the craters with my bare eyes. I took a video of it, as the clouds were moving around it. I might post it on youtube at some point.
     
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    It was dope -- went for a jog. Totally creepy. Dracula style.
     
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    Yakumo Pillar of the Community *****

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    Don't rub it in, mate. Still can't see sod all down here. Just clouds :(
     
  7. spot778

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    Not that much bigger then your typical Harvest Moon but cool all the same.
     
  8. graphique

    graphique Enthusiastic Member

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    I feel obliged to point out that this is just a mathematical curiosity. The moon's closest approach next year will be a mere 200 or so kilometers further away, or about a 0.1% difference. I'll let someone else do the math, but I'm pretty sure no human eye can tell the difference between last year's closest moon, this year's, and the next.
    http://www.fourmilab.ch/earthview/pacalc.html
     
  9. A. Snow

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    Maybe it was the time I looked or where I'm at but it honestly didn't look any different to me.
     
  10. APE

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    It's been raining here for almost a full week. I'll go find a webcam version of it from Chile like I did the last lunar eclipse.
     
  11. Tatsujin

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    Seen it yesterday, didn't feel very different as any other month.
     
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