Biggest full moon in 2 decades

[winterpetunia]

on the 19th March.


(Apologies for pinching this; saw this posted in the 'Chat' section and thought we could do with it over here, seeing as we need some clear weather to see it!)

[chuckeyegg]

Thanks for that. :)

[OhYouBadBadKitten]

:)

[mankyscotslass]

It will be interesting to see if seismic/volcanic activity increases!

[winterpetunia]

It will indeed, Manky!

[mankyscotslass]

[GypsyMoth]

bump this again on the day!! or i'm bound to miss it

[winterpetunia]

Bumping this ~ lovely looking moon out tonight!

[LittleNicci]

And skies are forecast to be clear tomorrow too, so we should get a good view :)

[OhYouBadBadKitten]

not completly clear I'm afraid but I think a good majority of people have a good chance of seeing it earlyish on in the evening. Quite possibly some mist and fog building up through the night in places.

[goodbyemrschips]

6.00-6.30 WILL BE THE BEST TIME BECAUSE THE MOON WILL BE LOW.

[PeterAndreForPM]

why does it look bigger then ?

[whomovedmychocolate]

Woo hoo and I am around to see it! :)

[Doyouthinktheysaurus]

It was the highest tide I have ever seen on the tidal river near is this morning, it was truly amazing

The moons power fascinates me, don't fully understand it though

[goodbyemrschips]

I believe it is supposed to look bigger because it is lower.

[bigTillyMint]

NOticed it was huge last night, but didn't realise it was the biggest for 2 decades!

[OhYouBadBadKitten]

It looks bigger because it is at perigee - the closest point in its orbit and it coincides with it being a full moon but the question about why a moon looks bigger close to the horizon is one that is hotly debated. wikipedia has a reasonable discussion on this.

[tjacksonpfc]

im all excited now i will try out my new dslr camera to get some pics

[winterpetunia]

After a beautiful sunny day, it's just clouded over here. Bummer!

[goodbyemrschips]

Here to boo hoo........will keep checking though.

tjack...what cam you got...I am a former wedding tog....now take pics for fun.

[winterpetunia]

I've just noticed this thread is a 'discussion of the day'. Think that's the first time one of mine's been one of those. (I've 'only' been here 6 years!)

[goodbyemrschips]

It is far more interesting than some of the dull threads ha ha.........

[bintofbohemia]

Too cloudy here too at the moment, gutted!

[Hangingbellyofbabylon]

wow. looking stunning here in Bournemouth! it's so orange, really wasn't expecting that.

[flippinpeedoff]

It's very clear here, not a cloud. The moon is very orange but oddly not nearly as spectacular as a harvest moon we had here not so long ago.
Now that really was HUGE and really low and really orange.

[tjacksonpfc]

its cloudy here now lol. Ive got a cannon eos 550d goodbyemrschips still learning how to use it lol