Moonageddon - close lunar perigee

[space oddity]

Come on, we all know it is global warming that caused the Japan earthquake/tsunami. With the moon so close, it really is lucky that the earth quake was a week earlier, otherwise it could have been a mag 10

[shelltree (Shelley)]

Originally Posted by bartman

ummm I dont think it looks any closer.....
Bartmoon

I'd also like to include a post from Brian Cox's facebook last night that read:

"So, in short, anyone who thinks the #supermoon will actually do anything to Earth tonight is..... A NOBBER :-)"



And I also just read an article with the title "What's that rising over the hill? Is it a Moonster?"

I am easily amused

[astroron (Ron)]

I woke up this morning at 05.30 No Big Moon as it was raining
But no Earth quakes either
What are the Doom Sayers going to say now
Cheers

[gaa_ian (Ian)]

Yep ... I had a seaside observing session last night for the supermoon.
And to my great surprise there were no Tsunamis, earthquake or Volcanos sprouting up from the Arnhemland coast ......
I did get a few nice photos & will post them as soon as I upload them !
I did manage to get the word out in the mainstream media that, NO ... It will not be the end of the world !
http://www.ntnews.com.au/article/201...51_ntnews.html
Doing another follow up interview with ABC radio this morning.
Its funny how people just need a little shred of truth to create a full blown drama ...
Well the tide WAS a little bigger that usual this morning :-)

[jjjnettie (Jeanette)]

So did the earth move for anyone last night??

[Liz]

Originally Posted by jjjnettie

So did the earth move for anyone last night??

Surprisingly no.

[KenNo2658 (Ken)]

Originally Posted by jjjnettie

So did the earth move for anyone last night??

Well, yeah it did, but that had nothing to do with the moon, and I sure ain't gonna take photo's!!

Ken

[Rob_K]

Things kept getting in the way, spoiling my view of the Perigee Moon.

Cheers -

[[1ponders] (Paul)]

[shelltree (Shelley)]

[bartman (Bart)]

Rob....
Bartman

[Octane (Humayun)]

lol, Rob, that is awesome.

H

[Suzy]

Rob, that's prize gold - a classic!
Lucky I wasn't drinking anything at the time - it would have all come up through my nose from laughing so hard.

[The_bluester (Paul)]

Originally Posted by ballaratdragons

Well, it's up and it looks the same as every other Moonrise to me.

I can't notice the 17% increase in angular diameter.
Maybe I'm not looking hard enough

My mother-In-Law is arguing that it looks bigger though
Her: "ooo, yeah, it's a lot bigger"

Me: "Yes, mother dear"

I have only seen one artical that made the entire statement "17% bigger than the SMALLEST full moon you can normall see", I.E. 17% bigger than an APOGEE full moon. But then it does not whip up interest to tell the world at large that the perigee full moon will look pretty much like any other.

[FlashDrive (Poppy)]

Originally Posted by Rob_K

Things kept getting in the way, spoiling my view of the Perigee Moon.

Cheers -

Yeah .... ! Good one Rob