about the full moon

october 23 2007

Another full moon this week (thursday).

I doubt if we'll able to see it, because it'll be cloudy according to the forecasts.

What a pity!

I sure hope I'll be able to catch a glance because the moon will look much larger than other full moons this year.
To be precise: 14% bigger.
And also 30% brighter.

That's because the full moon orbits earth in an eclipse and thurday it's the nearest spot to earth.
The other end is 30,000 miles fruther away.

For those who want to look up more about this.

The two end of the moon's orbit are called apogee and perigee.
Apogee is the farthest point, perigee the nearest.

I hope you can see the full moon at thursday.