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Tomorrow the moon will appear bigger and brighter due to the combination of its proximity to the earth and its fullness with a difference of one minute

This is also the opportunity to say that studies that have been done have not found any connection between the full moon and the number of crime cases, diseases or strange behaviors in humans. The only phenomenon that increases in this situation is the surges

Full moon in Phrygia. NASA illustration
Full moon in Phrygia. NASA illustration

The full moon causes higher than normal tides, makes dogs howl and wakes us up at night with its sharp light through the slits of the blinds.
If a moonlight wakes you up on the night of May 5, 2012 (tomorrow night), you should get out of bed to the window and watch. This May full moon is a "super moon" or "super moon". It is 14% larger and 30% brighter than the other full moons of 2012.

The scientific term for this phenomenon is "perigee moon". Full moons differ in size due to the elliptical shape of the moon's orbit around the Earth. The moons have an elliptical orbit around the Earth where one side of the orbit (perigee) is 50 thousand kilometers closer than the other side (apogee). Full moons that occur when the Moon is in major phrygia appear larger and brighter.
Such a case is expected to occur on May 5th at 23:34 PM EST and exactly one minute later the moon will be in full moon, an extremely rare combination.

Since in Israel the time will already be 06:34 on the morning of May 6, the moon will already set and the sun will shine, but those who rise early will be able to observe a stronger moon than usual, although not at its peak, nevertheless, readers in Western Europe and North America are invited to watch, be impressed and maybe even to take pictures.

A ScienceCast video tells about the facts and similarities in the "Super Moon" phenomenon.

And by the way, the residents of Western Europe will be more fortunate to observe the phenomenon because it is easy to understand when the moon is on the horizon and its absolute size can be referred to when viewing it near trees, buildings and other background objects. Go out tomorrow evening everyone according to their local time and watch the moon approaching its peak, and especially large. Of course, due to the moon being in Milou, it rises exactly when the sun sets, and sets at sunrise the next morning.

This is also the opportunity to say that studies that have been done have not found any connection between the full moon and the number of crime cases, diseases or strange behaviors in humans. The moon is less influential than folklore would have us believe.
One phenomenon that did turn out to be true is that the combination of the moon on one side and the sun on the other with the earth in the middle, which occurs when the moon is full, plus the fact that the moon is particularly close, all of these cause an increase in the tides, however this is an addition of 2-3 centimeters to the average height of the tides and only in certain areas the topography The local may increase this to 15 centimeters. These places are prepared for these maximum crowds and there is no fear of flooding.
A supermoon in Phrygia is a fairly common phenomenon. The moon is full with a difference of several hours from the phrygia about once a year on average. The previous event was on March 19, 2011, and then Phrygia was even 400 kilometers closer than this time. NASA recommends tomorrow - go outside and enjoy the moon.

To the article on the NASA website

7 תגובות

  1. Laura - the article talks about the night of May 6, which is the light of the XNUMXth in the Hebrew month, so everything is fine.

  2. How does a full moon fit in with the Hebrew date (XNUMXth of Air, three days before the middle of the month)?

  3. Answer to a colleague.
    Take the moon's orbit as shown in the figure above and divide it into 12 parts (it's not exactly 12 in reality).
    Although every month the moon makes a full revolution, the point at which a full moon is obtained moves by 1/12 due to the rotation of the two bodies around the sun. Only once a year is there a situation where the moon is full and is also at a point close to us.

  4. I just asked:
    The cycle of the moon is constant, so why doesn't a full moon always appear in "Phrygia"?

  5. Arnon, don't worry
    Mars never reaches the point where it appears the size of the moon...
    for you to check your geometry data
    Or maybe this is your geometry data
    Moon = Mars is a wonder = 218

  6. Avi,
    Don't forget that soon Mars will reach the point where it will be visible in the large moon...
    Is this possibly related to the end of the world approaching at the end of 2012?
    It might be worth checking it thoroughly in geometry.
    Good Shabbat everyone.

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