Biggest Moon of the Year this Saturday

[HunkyLuke]

From http://wwp.greenwichmeantime.com/tim...light-time.htm

The "Supermoon", which is the biggest full moon of the year, will be showing off this weekend! The moon will officially become full Saturday (May 5) at 11:35 p.m. EDT. And because this month's full moon coincides with the moon's perigee — its closest approach to Earth — it will also be the year's biggest.

Saturday's full moon will be ~16 percent brighter than average and will exert about 42 percent more tidal force, making for some great surf waves too!

Check out the science behind all this at http://www.space.com/15540-supermoon...full-moon.html

[DonnyCyber]

wow cool!!!! that will make for an interesting saturday night which is also Cinco De Mayo. Which in the states we call Drinko De Mayo LOL

thanks for sharing this!!

[x0pa]

it sure was ;p still pretty big ;p
i need a bigger lens or a telescope

[HunkyLuke]

awesome pic!

[Bec]

Yeah, that is a great pic. It was really big just as it broke the horizon.

[x0pa]

ya, sadly those pics my w/b was off so it was all orange and shit then clouds hit and i was lucky enough to catch a break and get these ones ;p

i really wana get a telescope and mount the slr on it i love the moon

[Bec]

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[Evil Chris]

Thankfully the sky was clear that night.

It looked bigger than usual only as it was low in the horizon. And it was a reddish orange color too which was pretty cool.

[PornGuy]

You should have seen it rise over the ocean here in Cancun. It was amazing. Had I known I would have gotten some great photos.