If the moon is going to be so bright, should we not stare at it so long lest
we loose our eye sight? Will sunglasses do or should we use the pinhole in
the paper plate method commonly used for solar eclipses? Will sunscreen # 20
be adequate? Will it harm my gelcoat? Should I wear a hat?
Who else,
Jim Nolan #426 P-19 Panache
>From: "Krumpe, Andrew" <AKrumpe@dgo.com>
>To: "'hlg@pacbell.net'" <hlg@pacbell.net>, wwpotter@tscnet.com
>Subject: RE: Super Bright Full Moon December 22
>Date: Tue, 14 Dec 1999 12:06:24 -0500
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>I think everyone is looking forward to witnessing this full moon, and I
>agree that it ought to be brighter than normal. However, I don't think that
>it coinciding with the solstice has any effect on its brightness. It is
>true
>that the earth is closer to the sun in the winter than in the summer, but
>its perigee doesn't necessarily occur on the solstice. The increased
>brightness due to our earth-moon system being closer to the sun will be
>apparent for about 2 or 3 months during the winter.
>
>You're right also about the moon's perigee with the earth. All this will
>produce a larger, brighter moon. I just wanted to clarify that the solstice
>will have nothing to do with it as it is just the moment when the north
>pole
>of the earth's axis tilts furthest away from the sun.
>
>Andy Krumpe
>P19 "Great Wight"
>Seacoast of New Hampshire
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: hlg@pacbell.net [SMTP:hlg@pacbell.net]
> Sent: Friday, December 10, 1999 11:57 AM
> To: wwpotter@tscnet.com
> Subject: Super Bright Full Moon December 22
>
> On Dec. 22, 1999, watch for a super bright full moon!
> This year will be the first full moon to occur on the winter
>solstice, Dec. 22, commonly called the first day of winter. Since a full
>moon on the winter solstice occurred in conjunction with a lunar perigee
>(point in the moon's orbit that is closest to Earth).
> The moon will appear about 14% larger than it does at apogee (the
>point in it's elliptical orbit that is farthest from the Earth) since the
>Earth is also several million miles closer to the sun at this time of the
>year than in the summer, sunlight striking the moon is about 7% stronger
>making it brighter. Also, this will be the closest perigee of the Moon of
>the year since the moon's orbit is constantly deforming.
>
> If the weather is clear and there is a snow cover where you live, it
>is
> believed that even car headlights will be superfluous. On December
>21st,
> 1866 the Lakota Sioux took advantage of this combination of
>occurrences
> and staged a devastating retaliatory ambush on soldiers in the
>Wyoming
> Territory.
>
> In laymen's terms it will be a super bright full moon, much more
>than the usual AND it hasn't happened this way for 133 years!
> Our ancestors 133 years ago saw this. Our descendants 100 or so
>years from now will see this again.
>
>
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