Bright Moon

January 10, 2009 - Posted by Lee Welles-author

Full MoonI’m missing it. We are having a pretty big snowstorm here in upstate New York.  But, if your sky is clear…go out and look up!

Tonight is the biggest and brightest full moon that you will see this year!   The Moon will appear 14% bigger and 30% brighter!  Our dear Moon has an elliptical orbit and tonight is the ”perigee,” the closest that orbit will bring it to Earth.  I hope Gaia gives the Moon a friendly, “Hello!” It is 31,000 miles closer than usual!

Tell us if you saw it! Better yet, take a picture!

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15 Comments

  1. EarthTeaherb says:

    Aw, crud! i missed it!, I was on a really late plane, so I got home at about 11:30. But the good news is, the reason I was on a plane was that I got to go to Mexico for a week! It was really fun, i got to swim with a Dolphin!!! I got to do a dorsal ride where, Frieda (the dolphin) came up to you and offered her dorsal fin, you grabbed it, and she sped off, taking you for a ride! I felt like Miho!!!!!!!! :-)

    ... on July January 11th, 2009
  2. EarthVulpecula98 says:

    i’m in upstate Ny too so there was snow in my way!!! you’re lucky earth teaherb, i got to swim with stingrays but they had their stingers off.i kissed 3 of them.21 years good luck.

    ... on July January 11th, 2009
  3. Scout says:

    Omigosh I saw it! It was AMAZING! INCREDIBLE! Here in Maryland, the sky cleared right at the perfect moment. It was HUGE! Like a small puffy cloud in the sky. Well a big small puffy cloud… but it was amazing! And yellow! When it first rose it was orange, turning yellow by 7. My room has the perfect eastward view of it. The light shown into my room and lit it up! It was so amazing. But I didn’t take a picture….hehe..sorry! And I hope I don’t sound braggy…it was just…cool…

    ... on July January 12th, 2009
  4. the5thgaiagirl says:

    I didn’t see it, but I did see the one about a month ago, the news said the one I saw was as close as the moon has been to earth in a lot of years, when I saw it, I was in the car, and I thought it was a firework!! You’re pretty lucky Scout!! :)

    ... on July January 12th, 2009
  5. Tessa_of_the_Sea says:

    I didn’t see it on the tenth but I did see it on the eleventh… It was cloudy but I still had a “moon shadow”!

    ... on July January 12th, 2009
  6. ladybuggaiagirl says:

    Ooooh my gosh I saw it just last night! It was still out the night of Jan. 13th and it looked orange. Way back in history, people used to name moons to keep track of the season. I read that this moon was called the full wolf moon but i dont remember why.

    ... on July January 14th, 2009
  7. EarthTeaherb says:

    My mom says a certain tribe of Indians named the harvest moon (back in the fall) the beaver moon because the beavers have orange front teeth and the moon was orange, and it signaled to them to set there beaver traps.

    ... on July January 14th, 2009
  8. ladybuggaiagirl says:

    ooooooh thats cool

    ... on July January 17th, 2009
  9. EarthTeaherb says:

    that was my exact reaction!

    ... on July January 17th, 2009
  10. EarthTeaherb says:

    Oh, yeah! in my social studies class, we are studying ancient Greece, and we get to choose our, “Greek name” that our teacher will call us for about three months. I chose Gaia!!!!!!! as in the Greek earth Goddess, it feels so cool!

    ... on July January 17th, 2009
  11. Scout says:

    thats so cool I wish they did that at our school! We are in the American Revolution….:(. I actually was in a soccer game and there was a girl named Gaia on the other team so after I went and said I like your name to her.

    ... on July January 18th, 2009
  12. EarthTeaherb says:

    we finally get to learn about other cultures in social studies!! Even though I love the Lewis and Clark story, it gets kinda boring after a while, I think they should tell it from the Indian’s point of view for once. that is so cool how you met a girl named Gaia, I wonder if she likes otters?

    ... on July January 18th, 2009
  13. Scout says:

    xD that would have been awesome. She had this flaming red curly hair and freckled face.

    ... on July January 20th, 2009
  14. Lee Welles-author says:

    “Beaver Moon!” I love it! I’ve met three or four “Gaia’s” while signing books. It’s always fun to sign a book, “To Gaia!”

    ... on July January 21st, 2009
  15. treehugger13 says:

    im posting this coment a little late but i didnt ge to see the moon ether because i was having a snow storm too in vermont!

    ... on July February 24th, 2009

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