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All this 'moon hype' of recent times is ridiculous. Supermoons are not super - they are regular, and normal, and likely indistinguishably larger from any other
by jmts 8y ago
All this 'moon hype' of recent times is ridiculous.
Supermoons are not super - they are regular, and normal, and likely indistinguishably larger from any other full moon to any regular observer.
This full moon is not special either. It falls close to the solstice. This will happen again in about ten years time. I assume we should celebrate the full moons that are farthest from the solstice too, which should happen in about five years time. And maybe the ones that are half way, because, why not?
The fact that this full moon ALMOST coincides with a meteor shower, and passes by a specific star in the sky (which should happen every month) does not make this moon special. It makes this a coincidence. I say ALMOST because the meteor shower occurs the night before the full moon.
How about for once we ditch the hyperbolic moon talk and just tell it like it is? "Hey, you like meteor showers and full moons? You might dig this!".
Ironically I would expect that the meteor will be less spectacular precisely because of the presence of the full moon.
- danso 8y ago> This full moon is not special either. It falls close to the solstice. This will happen again in about ten years time. The title of the submitted article is, "You won’t see a moon quite like this for another 11 years"