Brighter Moon Tonight.........?

Hi everyone,
I was just listening to the news and the news caster said that tonight the
Moon will at its brightest for 25 years.
Why is that?
TIA,
Mike.
©¿©¬

"MiRe" wrote in message
...
Hi everyone,
I was just listening to the news and the news caster said that tonight the
Moon will at its brightest for 25 years.
Why is that?
TIA,
Mike.
©¿©¬

"highest" was what I heard, at around midnight.
It's one of those comparatively rare 18.6 year events. Like what Prof Thom
(in the '70s) based much of his theories about stone circles and lunar
alingnments on.

--
M Stewart
Milton Keynes, UK
http://www.megalith.freeserve.co.uk/oddimage.htm

Hi Malcolm,
Thats really cool! I have heard of Prof. Thom years ago, to do with
ArcheoAstronomy but never bothered to read much about it.. How on earth
would a supposedly illiterate society record and convey information about an
18.6 year cycle on into the future? Of what importance might it have been?
Mike
©¿©¬

"Malcolm Stewart" wrote in
message ...
"MiRe" wrote in message
...
Hi everyone,
I was just listening to the news and the news caster said that tonight
the
Moon will at its brightest for 25 years.
Why is that?
TIA,
Mike.
©¿©¬

"highest" was what I heard, at around midnight.
It's one of those comparatively rare 18.6 year events. Like what Prof Thom
(in the '70s) based much of his theories about stone circles and lunar
alingnments on.

--
M Stewart
Milton Keynes, UK
http://www.megalith.freeserve.co.uk/oddimage.htm

On Thu, 15 Dec 2005 19:05:06 -0000, "Malcolm Stewart"
wrote:

"MiRe" wrote in message
...
Hi everyone,
I was just listening to the news and the news caster said that tonight the
Moon will at its brightest for 25 years.
Why is that?
TIA,
Mike.
©¿©¬

"highest" was what I heard, at around midnight.
It's one of those comparatively rare 18.6 year events. Like what Prof Thom
(in the '70s) based much of his theories about stone circles and lunar
alingnments on.

Presumably what they mean is that the *full* Moon is at it's highest
around midnight tonight. There are plenty of non-full Moons that will
equal this height in the coming months.
--
Pete
http://www.digitalsky.org.uk

"MiRe" wrote in message
...
Hi everyone,
I was just listening to the news and the news caster said that tonight the
Moon will at its brightest for 25 years.
Why is that?
TIA,
Mike.
©¿©¬



Could this be the answer?

'Moon hits high point Thursday'

http://tinyurl.com/ahpcd

Martin.

On Thu, 15 Dec 2005 19:37:48 +0000, Pete Lawrence
wrote:

On Thu, 15 Dec 2005 19:05:06 -0000, "Malcolm Stewart"
wrote:

"MiRe" wrote in message
...
Hi everyone,
I was just listening to the news and the news caster said that tonight the
Moon will at its brightest for 25 years.
Why is that?
TIA,
Mike.
©¿©¬

"highest" was what I heard, at around midnight.
It's one of those comparatively rare 18.6 year events. Like what Prof Thom
(in the '70s) based much of his theories about stone circles and lunar
alingnments on.

Presumably what they mean is that the *full* Moon is at it's highest
around midnight tonight. There are plenty of non-full Moons that will
equal this height in the coming months.

Actually, Starry Night Pro (v3) indicates that there will be higher
Moons while other packages don't - interesting.
--
Pete
http://www.digitalsky.org.uk

"MiRe" wrote in message
...
Hi everyone,
I was just listening to the news and the news caster said that tonight the
Moon will at its brightest for 25 years.
Why is that?
TIA,
Mike.
©¿©¬

The BBC News24 news droid said the moon was going to be "brightest for 19
years" and "if you are in central London at midnight to go outside and have
a look"

Typical brainless News24 presenter drivel really, Sky News tends to be even
worse though.

Henry

Pete Lawrence nous a écrit :

Presumably what they mean is that the *full* Moon is at it's highest
around midnight tonight. There are plenty of non-full Moons that will
equal this height in the coming months.

Will there are as many clouds as tonight, too ?

--
Norbert. (no X for the answer)
======================================
knowing the universe - stellar and galaxies evolution
http://nrumiano.free.fr
images of the sky http://images.ciel.free.fr
======================================

"Norbert" wrote in message
...
Pete Lawrence nous a écrit :

Presumably what they mean is that the *full* Moon is at it's highest
around midnight tonight. There are plenty of non-full Moons that will
equal this height in the coming months.

Will there are as many clouds as tonight, too ?

--
Norbert. (no X for the answer)
======================================
knowing the universe - stellar and galaxies evolution
http://nrumiano.free.fr
images of the sky http://images.ciel.free.fr
======================================


Clouds? Pete doesn't know what clouds are....

Tony

Hi

and I heard a supposed expert on the Today programme telling that
astrnomers were getting very excited about it and it would be almost
overhead in southern england tonight
some expert? as it cannot be overhead at this high latitude
"Martin" wrote in message
...

"MiRe" wrote in message
...
Hi everyone,
I was just listening to the news and the news caster said that tonight
the
Moon will at its brightest for 25 years.
Why is that?
TIA,
Mike.
©¿©¬



Could this be the answer?

'Moon hits high point Thursday'

http://tinyurl.com/ahpcd

Martin.