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<blockquote data-quote="Don Kuykendall_RIP" data-source="post: 55319" data-attributes="member: 6277">Skywatchers take note: The biggest full moon of the year is due to arrive this weekend.&nbsp;The&nbsp; moon will officially become full Saturday (May 5) at 11:35 p.m. EDT.&nbsp; And because this month's full moon coincides with the moon's perigee —&nbsp; its closest approach to Earth — it will also be the year's biggest.&nbsp;The&nbsp; moon will swing in 221,802 miles (356,955 kilometers) from our planet,&nbsp; offering skywatchers a spectacular view of an extra-big, extra-bright&nbsp; moon, nicknamed <a href="http://www.space.com/11179-supermoon-photos-full-moon-2011-skywatchers.html" target="_blank">a supermoon</a>.&nbsp;And&nbsp; not only does the moon's perigee coincide with full moon this month,&nbsp; but this perigee will be the nearest to Earth of any this year, as the&nbsp; distance of the moon's close approach varies by about 3 percent,&nbsp; according to meteorologist Joe Rao, SPACE.com's skywatching columnist.&nbsp; This happens because the moon's orbit is not perfectly circular.
Read more: <a href="http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2012/05/01/supermoon-alert-biggest-full-moon-2012/?intcmp=features#ixzz1tdrqiPCf" target="_blank">Supermoon alert: Biggest full moon of 2012 due Sat. | Fox News</a>
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[QUOTE="Don Kuykendall_RIP, post: 55319, member: 6277"] Skywatchers take note: The biggest full moon of the year is due to arrive this weekend. The moon will officially become full Saturday (May 5) at 11:35 p.m. EDT. And because this month's full moon coincides with the moon's perigee — its closest approach to Earth — it will also be the year's biggest. The moon will swing in 221,802 miles (356,955 kilometers) from our planet, offering skywatchers a spectacular view of an extra-big, extra-bright moon, nicknamed [URL="http://www.space.com/11179-supermoon-photos-full-moon-2011-skywatchers.html"]a supermoon[/URL]. And not only does the moon's perigee coincide with full moon this month, but this perigee will be the nearest to Earth of any this year, as the distance of the moon's close approach varies by about 3 percent, according to meteorologist Joe Rao, SPACE.com's skywatching columnist. This happens because the moon's orbit is not perfectly circular. [LEFT][COLOR=#000000] Read more: [url=http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2012/05/01/supermoon-alert-biggest-full-moon-2012/?intcmp=features#ixzz1tdrqiPCf]Supermoon alert: Biggest full moon of 2012 due Sat. | Fox News[/url] [/COLOR][/LEFT] [/QUOTE]

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