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Its gonna be big tonight!
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28182139/The full moon tonight will be the biggest one of the year as Earth’s natural satellite reaches its closest point to our planet.
Earth, the moon and the sun are all bound together by gravity, which keeps us going around the sun and keeps the moon going around us as it goes through phases. The moon makes a trip around Earth every 29.5 days. But the orbit is not a perfect circle.
The moon’s average distance from us is about 238,855 miles (384,400 km). Tonight it will be just 221,560 miles (356,567 km) away. It will be 14 percent bigger in our sky and 30 percent brighter than some other full moons during the year, according to NASA.
I saw it this morning while going to work, and it looked pretty big then! And pale yellow, like butter. I can’t wait to see it tonight.
It was pretty big up here last night, was a bit cloudy though. Hope it’ll clear up so I can see it tonight.
And Megani, shall we start singing “Memories”?? 😀
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