Full moon at perigee in 1/29/10,Mars close to moon

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Full moon at perigee in 1/29/10,Mars close to moon

#1 Postby cycloneye » Fri Jan 29, 2010 3:14 pm

It will be a spectacular scene to look at this in a clear night that hopefully occurs in many places for a perfect view as the full moon will be the biggest in 2010.Moon will be in perigee.You have to look east just after sunset.

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Re: Full moon will be at perigee tonight,Mars close to moon

#2 Postby cycloneye » Fri Jan 29, 2010 6:29 pm

Wow,a clear sky here allowed a great view of that big moon.And with binoculars I saw Mars.
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Re: Full moon will be at perigee tonight,Mars close to moon

#3 Postby Gustywind » Fri Jan 29, 2010 7:19 pm

cycloneye wrote:Wow,a clear sky here allowed a great view of that big moon.And with binoculars I saw Mars.

:) :wink: yeahhh that's nice!
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Re: Full moon at perigee in 1/29/10,Mars close to moon

#4 Postby Macrocane » Fri Jan 29, 2010 10:22 pm

It's one of the best full moons I have ever seen, it's so bright that the sky looks a little blue.
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Re: Full moon at perigee in 1/29/10,Mars close to moon

#5 Postby AnnularCane » Sat Jan 30, 2010 12:17 am

Stupid clouds. :grr:
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Re: Full moon at perigee in 1/29/10,Mars close to moon

#6 Postby vbhoutex » Sat Jan 30, 2010 11:57 am

AnnularCane wrote:Stupid clouds. :grr:

My thoughts exactly!! :x :x
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Re: Full moon at perigee in 1/29/10,Mars close to moon

#7 Postby Stephanie » Fri Feb 05, 2010 9:12 pm

It was a bit overcast that night, but the "Wolf Moon" was much brighter as they predicted. I wish I saw it rising over the horizon.
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