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Full Moon: Year's Biggest Will Be Tonight

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Times UK   |  Paul Simons   |   December 12, 2008 06:11 PM

Read More: Earth, Full Moon, Moon, Weather, Green News

If the full moon tonight looks unusually large, it is not your imagination - it is the biggest and brightest full moon to be seen for 15 years.

Each month the Moon makes a full orbit around the Earth in a slightly oval-shaped path, and tonight it will swing by the Earth at its closest distance, or perigee. It will pass by 356,613km (221,595 miles) away, which is about 28,000km closer than average.

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If the full moon tonight looks unusually large, it is not your imagination - it is the biggest and brightest full moon to be seen for 15 years. Each month the Moon makes a full orbit around the Earth...
If the full moon tonight looks unusually large, it is not your imagination - it is the biggest and brightest full moon to be seen for 15 years. Each month the Moon makes a full orbit around the Earth...
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- goodog I'm a Fan of goodog permalink

I've seen bigger.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 11:55 PM on 12/12/2008
- liberalrebuttal I'm a Fan of liberalrebuttal permalink
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The moon was really big last night, but tonight it's cloudy out so I wont see it. If it looks like it did last night.....cool.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 11:37 PM on 12/12/2008
- Annette truth teller08 I'm a Fan of Annette truth teller08 permalink
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Me and my daughter saw it.
Very bright. Not as big as I thought it would be, but very bright.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 11:15 PM on 12/12/2008
- tangelan I'm a Fan of tangelan permalink
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Ah, this is the reason Repubs seem more off than usual. It's a pretty moon, though.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 10:34 PM on 12/12/2008
- liberalrebuttal I'm a Fan of liberalrebuttal permalink
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lol

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 11:37 PM on 12/12/2008
- fcsakes I'm a Fan of fcsakes permalink
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Oh shoot - it is pouring down rain in Washington! I'd love to see the moon.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 10:22 PM on 12/12/2008
- shockmagog I'm a Fan of shockmagog permalink
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It rose big and orange over the San Bernardino Mountains this evening.

Now it is white and reminds me of Jackie Gleason's grinning mug.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 10:06 PM on 12/12/2008
- live-aloha I'm a Fan of live-aloha permalink

Bring it on!! This sucker almost filled up my window this morning..... over the ocean, palm trees making fabulous shadows on my wall and the clouds were wild.......love it love it love it

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 09:07 PM on 12/12/2008
- isis I'm a Fan of isis permalink
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It was beautiful. The night sky has been very pleasant lately.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 08:35 PM on 12/12/2008
- AmandaBC I'm a Fan of AmandaBC permalink
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-- Werewolf!
-- There wolf!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZxNHmhw-kB8

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 07:26 PM on 12/12/2008
- markinaz I'm a Fan of markinaz permalink

A happy Cyclops.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 07:03 PM on 12/12/2008
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