Awfully Bright Tonight?

I was looking at the moon tonight and it seemed unusually clear and big in the sky
tonight. Is it's orbit changing a bit?

Ron



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"Ron Hubbard" wrote in message
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I was looking at the moon tonight and it seemed unusually clear and big in
the sky
tonight. Is it's orbit changing a bit?

Ron


Um, no.

Just normal elliptical orbit. Note in today's Houston Chronicle says the
moon is at 223,300 mi, closest approach until 2007.


"Ron Hubbard" wrote in message
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I was looking at the moon tonight and it seemed unusually clear and big in
the sky
tonight. Is it's orbit changing a bit?

In article ,
Ron Hubbard wrote:
I was looking at the moon tonight and it seemed unusually clear and big in the sky
tonight. Is it's orbit changing a bit?

No, but it was very close to full then (early last week), and the Moon
*is* a good deal brighter when full than it is in partial phases. And if
you were seeing it low above the horizon, there is a well-known illusion
that makes it look bigger there than when it's high in the sky.
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JRS: In article , dated Sun, 24 Jul 2005
22:46:49, seen in news:sci.space.science, Henry Spencer
posted :
In article ,
Ron Hubbard wrote:
I was looking at the moon tonight and it seemed unusually clear and big in the
sky
tonight. Is it's orbit changing a bit?

No, but it was very close to full then (early last week), and the Moon
*is* a good deal brighter when full than it is in partial phases. And if
you were seeing it low above the horizon, there is a well-known illusion
that makes it look bigger there than when it's high in the sky.

AIUI, perigee and full moon almost coincided.

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