[pf] OT: brightest (closest) full moon of the year.

· A couple of hours ago I walked home with the essentials:
- Some organic whole (not homogenised) milk;
- 3 loaves of freshly baked brown bread from our local baker; and
- some new books from the mobile library, here on its weekly visit.

· The summer weather is excellent, and the moon tonight will be marvellous. 
This is how living _should_ be!  David M.


http://in.news.yahoo.com/020226/64/1hgjf.html
  is:

Wednesday February 27, 4:21 AM

Full moon on Wednesday to be brightest of year

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - If the dog howls more than usual on Wednesday night and 
if lovers feel the urge to spoon, don't be surprised, NASA said -- it's the 
brightest full moon of the year. 

When the Moon is full on Wednesday night it will be just about as close to 
Earth as it gets in its elliptical orbit, the U.S. space agency said. As a 
result, it will appear 9 percent wider than normal and shine 20 percent more 
brightly. 

At the far end of its ellipse, called apogee, the moon is 252,700 miles 
(406,700 km) from Earth. At the closest, the perigee, it is only 221,500 miles 
(356,400 km) away. 

In addition, the Earth at this time of year is closer to the sun on its own 
elliptical orbit, and therefore the moon is as well, so it has more of the 
sun's light to reflect, adding to its brightness.

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sent-on by David.
(David MacClement) d1v9d @ bigfoot.com [remove spaces]
http://davd.tripod.ca/ ; http://davd.tripod.com/GrAPR-020201.html


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