dunsel Posted March 19, 2011 Share Posted March 19, 2011 Just been to have a look, is it known as a "hunters" moon? Im sure you will know, Megalithic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
megalithic Posted March 19, 2011 Author Share Posted March 19, 2011 Just been to have a look, is it known as a "hunters" moon? Im sure you will know, Megalithic. I believe that's the full moon nearest autumn equinox. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AKITA Posted March 19, 2011 Share Posted March 19, 2011 21st Century SuperMoon Alignments Link to natural disasters Speculations of a link between the occurrence of supermoons and natural disasters such as earthquakes and tsunami are extremely tenuous. Arguments have been made that natural disasters coinciding with years in which supermoons occurred were influenced by the Moon's increased gravitational strength, though because of the monthly alternation between lunar apogee and perigee such an argument cannot be supported unless the disaster in question falls on the actual date of the supermoon.[1] It has been argued that the Indian Ocean tsunami and earthquake on December 26, 2004, was influenced by a supermoon which occurred 2 weeks later on January 10, 2005.[7] However two weeks before a supermoon the Moon is at the opposite point in its orbit: its apogee (greatest distance). Thus a supermoon effect is impossible.[1][8] Most recently, astrologers argued that the Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami that hit Japan on March 11, 2011, was influenced by the March 19 supermoon, the closest supermoon since 1992.[9] The problem with this claim is that on March 11 the Moon was actually closer to apogee than perigee, at approximately 400,000 km (240,000 mi) from the Earth, which is further than the average distance between the Moon and the Earth throughout the Moon's orbital cycle.[1] While some studies have reported a weak correlation between shallow, very low intensity earthquakes and lunar activity, there is no empirical evidence of any correlation with major earthquakes. Quoted from wiki Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cozzer22 Posted March 19, 2011 Share Posted March 19, 2011 Any pictures? I missed it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeatherKay Posted March 19, 2011 Share Posted March 19, 2011 it's the 'worm' moon, when the ground has defrosted to allow worms to start leaving their casts. or the 'lenten' moon, last moon of the winter or 'crow' moon, when the crows start cawing think the english name is lenten Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dunsel Posted March 19, 2011 Share Posted March 19, 2011 Just testing, Megalith! Seriously, is there a colloquial term for this event? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dunsel Posted March 19, 2011 Share Posted March 19, 2011 Heather Kay, thankyou. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grandad.Malky Posted March 19, 2011 Share Posted March 19, 2011 I was camped up on the moors last night, Better you than me ……….. Hope you had someone with you to keep you warm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AKITA Posted March 19, 2011 Share Posted March 19, 2011 Today super moon is classed as a, EXTREME SUPERMOON (MOON AT 100% OR GREATER MEAN PERIGEE). the next on will be NOV 14, 2016. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pattricia Posted March 19, 2011 Share Posted March 19, 2011 pardon? oh the moon you mean thought my fly was down then Gotta laugh at this post !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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