Filipinos to see full moon tomorrow night By Helen Flores Updated January 09, 2009 03:59 PM
Filipinos can watch the biggest and brightest Full Moon of the year tomorrow night, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa) said today. In its monthly astronomical diary, Pagasa said the perigee Full Moon would be witnessed at 7 p.m. Saturday where *the Moon would be 14 percent bigger and 30 percent brighter* than lesser Moons. According to the United States' National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), the Moon's orbit around Earth is not a circle; it is an ellipse, with one side 50,000 kilometers closer to Earth than the other. Astronomers call the point of closest approach "perigee" and that is where the Moon would be this weekend. NASA said perigee Full Moons come once or twice a year. The world witnessed the last perigee Full Moon in December 2008. "2008 ended with one and now 2009 is beginning with another. It's the best kind of déjà vu for people who love the magic of a moonlit landscape," NASA said. -- spanx' blog: http://spankyenriquez.blogspot.com/ --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "gimik" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/gimik?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
