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Geek Culture / Biggest full moon of year to occur tonight (12-dec-2008)

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Morcilla
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Posted: 12th Dec 2008 11:19
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The full moon Friday night will be the biggest one of the year as Earth's natural satellite reaches its closest point to our planet:

http://news.aol.com/article/biggest-full-moon-of-year-to-occur/275123

The difference in size:


And a diagram of the Moon's orbit:


Interesting isn't? I hope you have clear skies
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BatVink
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Posted: 12th Dec 2008 13:14 Edited at: 12th Dec 2008 13:14
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There's a good chance it will be clear in the UK, I will look out for it.
My daughter keeps looking out for the moon during the day at the moment, it is appearing at around 2:00PM GMT.

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Zotoaster
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Posted: 12th Dec 2008 14:29
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Apogee? Perigee?

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Posted: 12th Dec 2008 19:41
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Awesome I is looking at it now.

I thought it was big.

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Omega gamer 89
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Posted: 12th Dec 2008 19:45
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A full moon? Better get the wolfsbain silver bullets.

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Sid Sinister
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It's winter here... Gray skies for 5 months... It's depressing, let me tell you. I don't think it will be possible to view it for me.

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Gunn3r
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It's rain and close to snow here in Portland. It's awesome. I can't wait until we have no school tomorrow.

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Morcilla
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Posted: 13th Dec 2008 10:48
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You are still on time, this event will repeat on saturday and sunday night, as the full moon last three nights.

I saw it last night and it was quite noticeable. I've read it has as much as a 30% more brightness and a 14% increase in size
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Deathead
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I seen it.. It was so big it illuminated the night sky so brightly. It was beautiful, it also made our garden look like it had a light over hanging it.



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CoffeeGrunt
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Posted: 13th Dec 2008 13:15
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Damn, I missed it....

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bergice
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Posted: 13th Dec 2008 14:27
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Why the hell do i always miss these things?!


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Veron
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I saw it driving home tonight, it's a clear night here, although we did have a 1.5 hour blackout because of the strong winds...
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Agent Dink
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Posted: 13th Dec 2008 16:03
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I didnt get to see it cause it was snowing all night. Cloudy.

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kaedroho
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Posted: 13th Dec 2008 16:16
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It was quite cloudy here, but it was still quite bright.

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Alucard94
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Posted: 13th Dec 2008 19:14
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Ah crap, I missed it.


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Yodaman Jer
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Posted: 13th Dec 2008 19:16
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I saw it. It was big. And round.



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AndrewT
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Posted: 13th Dec 2008 22:02
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Here in Michigan we're in the middle of this 9-month long period of gray clouds and 15 inches of snow we call 'winter', so I probably won't get the chance to see this unless it lasts until late June.

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draknir_
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Posted: 14th Dec 2008 00:22
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I saw it, it was gigantic, and yellow! Like cheese.
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