Visit science.nasa.gov/ for more. The summer of 2014 will be bathed in moonlight as three perigee "supermoons" occur in consecutive months: July, August, September.
The summer of 2014 will be bathed in moonlight as three perigee “supermoons” occur in consecutive months: July 12, August 10, and September 9. #supermoon
This was great! And I like the guys out look as well. As long as it gets people outside and maybes get the to appreciate a little more of nature, woot!
Grateful to NASA for looking 'up' always. Man looks down and down upon others. But NASA leads the humanity with the 'giant leap' they gave in 1969. Continue to lead this mankind.
I remember taking a picture of my daughters in the back of a truck with a huge moon behind them, but when the photo was developed the moon was small, what causes this?
gemhunter99 No one knows, but it's probably got something to do with the way our brain tries to make sense of what we're looking at. Why does the moon look so much bigger when it is near the horizon? www.howstuffworks.com/question491.htm
Thanks, it always puzzled me. I have heard that if you bend over and look between your legs at the moon it appears normal instead of large. I don't remember trying it as I thought they were trying to make a fool out of me...lol
I'm not a scientist or anything, but what if the moon illusion works like a magnifying glass? Earth has a lot of spheres in its atmosphere, right? What if the many spheres of Earth, also combining atmospheric refraction, warp at the horizon point creating a 'convex lens,' thus making the moon and sun appear "magnified? " The spheres might have something else not visible to the human eyes, or at least a hidden factor. Just a thought... the birds might be able to see it. lol They are good like that! =')
Wasn't there a fourth one on October 8th, 2014? This video only addresses three: July, August and September. Another blood moon just occurred, and with it both a lunar and solar eclipse.
No super moon on July 10th. For me it is on the night of July 12th. Looking in the sky right now and seeing a big and bright full moon pretty much proves my statement.
It's sad when someone can post a video of them doing something stupid on youtube and it goes viral in 24 hours with millions of views, but, yet, a video about a natural beauty in the sky dubbed "A Super Moon" from Nasa only gets 107,000 views in 3 days.
That's always the same. Smart things/people get barely any attention, while stupid people always get all the attention. It's always been that way since the tv was invented.
but you are talking about humans soooooo you really shouldnt be surprised at all, i mean why would u want morons to watch such beauty anyways, it will spoil the beauty and the original only stays in your mind until you die and it dies off with u, by the way i bet you the comment section would be filled with conspiracies and religious beliefs anyways, quality over quantity :)
I suppose the majority of humans, sadly, are enchanted by the mundane and useless minutia of this world - it's enough to know people exist who can appreciate and continuing researching this incredible cosmos.
The majotity of people in the world are stupid out of lack of education, enlightenment or ignorance. The popularity of each kind of video is a strong hint for this fact.
sorry.. but the statement about not knowing the true reason as to why a low hanging moon looks larger is.. well bogus. there is a reason. It because when the moon is low on the horizon its line of sight has to pass through more of the earths atmosphere causing a magnifying effect. :-) regardless. i cant wait to see these full moons in all their gorgeous splendor! :-)
Se há um efeito de ampliação então porque dizem que não aparece na foto? (If there is a magnifying effect why people say it is not shown in a picture?)
Why would the illusion of a larger moon low on the horizon not be well understood? It would seem to me that the atmosphere, water vapor, and to a small extent, the gravitational & magnetic fields of the earth would increase the size of a low hanging moon the same way a lens does. That is why these lower hanging moons have an overall lower per pixel luminosity and tend to shift to the red-er ends of the spectrum (Doppler effect of angle of the moon to the observational point on the earth). It would stand to reason that this should be well understood.
I liked everything about this report. I was curious about the large moon. Then I felt stupid because it happens all the time and I am not paying attention. Then I am reassured ” It’s OK to be stupid just go learn more about astronomy”. xDlol
Its interesting that the Vedic Religion (Hinduism branched from this) has worshiped the Guru or Giver of Bliss, on the full moon in July as a Purnima moon. They somehow knew this moon was special. Guru Purnima has been a day of worship for centuries.
Neil deGrasse Tyson made the best comment about the super moon, noting the small difference percentage. He said something to the effect of: If you have a 16 inch pizza, would you call that a super pizza compared with a 15 inch pizza? :-D The funniest thing I ever saw was on my local news station just last year, reporting a "super moon" that you would be able to see the lunar landing sites with a backyard telescope because it would be so close! OMG! This was on television and my local newspaper, both obviously drawn from the internet by someone who knew nothing about astronomy or telescopes. To top it off, I went to work the next day, and one of my compulsive liar friends who had seen this report pretended to see the Tranquility Base site with his kid's telescope! (epic fail). I enjoy hearing people get excited about astronomical events, but we should keep it in perspective, and definitely out of the realms of fiction!
I'm sure NASA has more important things to do than get together a spectacular 3 minute video on the Supermoon. Many people don't even care for astronomy sadly, and this voice actor works just fine. :)
I'm sure NASA has the money to get a decent development team to enhance their online presence tenfold, it would be a worthy investment for them in my opinion.
Progress requires resources and most of it comes out the peoples taxes, with the money that has been wasted on wars, it would have been better on finding out whether their truly is life elsewhere...if their is I will want a ticket to that planet lol God, I do hope we are not missing anything especially a 100 light years away! THEIR IS LIFE OUT THERE I feel it in my bones.
Since the moon is closer at perigee, its gravity would have a stronger influence on Earth, but not by much. It can result in higher tides, but no other effects would be visible to the unaided eye.
Whether or not the moon is full has nothing to do with it's gravitational strength. That's a matter of distance only. At perigee the moon is around 43,000km closer to the earth than it is at apogee, however, it's still about 363,000km away at it's closest approach (perigee). Considering it has a much smaller mass than the earth, and is so far away, we won't notice any difference at all. The only effect we are really likely to notice at all are tidal effects, and they'll be consistent with the tides at other lunar perigees.
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I did happen to see the 'blood moon', it was gorgeous!
Well spoken, thank you. I'm looking forward to watch it.
The summer of 2014 will be bathed in moonlight as three perigee “supermoons” occur in consecutive months: July 12, August 10, and September 9.
#supermoon
That's why last Saturday July 12th the moon was unusually big. I just remembered I saw it that day hehe
Thank god there won't be a blood moon. Last time that happened I turned into a werewolf and got my period.
That 30% really lights everything up :)
Вълнуващо, красиво.... Обичам.
Gracias, excelente información
Aqui em Mato Grosso do Sul (Brasil) a LUA estava belíssima, brilhante como nunca !
This was great! And I like the guys out look as well. As long as it gets people outside and maybes get the to appreciate a little more of nature, woot!
Grateful to NASA for looking 'up' always. Man looks down and down upon others. But NASA leads the humanity with the 'giant leap' they gave in 1969. Continue to lead this mankind.
so?? the two extra moons this year..
must be god sent?!!?
Wow July 12th is coming soon!
Which means in Perigee...the gravity is much higher than Apogee??will it affect the gravity more than ordinary full moon???
I remember taking a picture of my daughters in the back of a truck with a huge moon behind them, but when the photo was developed the moon was small, what causes this?
your brain.
Well, that was a 'simple' answer.
gemhunter99 O0oOo8oOo0O is correct. We see objects larger than a camera can catch.
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No one knows, but it's probably got something to do with the way our brain tries to make sense of what we're looking at.
Why does the moon look so much bigger when it is near the horizon?
www.howstuffworks.com/question491.htm
Thanks, it always puzzled me. I have heard that if you bend over and look between your legs at the moon it appears normal instead of large. I don't remember trying it as I thought they were trying to make a fool out of me...lol
this says what we need to know simply...
I'm not a scientist or anything, but what if the moon illusion works like a magnifying glass? Earth has a lot of spheres in its atmosphere, right? What if the many spheres of Earth, also combining atmospheric refraction, warp at the horizon point creating a 'convex lens,' thus making the moon and sun appear "magnified? " The spheres might have something else not visible to the human eyes, or at least a hidden factor. Just a thought... the birds might be able to see it. lol They are good like that! =')
Wasn't there a fourth one on October 8th, 2014? This video only addresses three: July, August and September. Another blood moon just occurred, and with it both a lunar and solar eclipse.
No super moon on July 10th. For me it is on the night of July 12th. Looking in the sky right now and seeing a big and bright full moon pretty much proves my statement.
It's sad when someone can post a video of them doing something stupid on youtube and it goes viral in 24 hours with millions of views, but, yet, a video about a natural beauty in the sky dubbed "A Super Moon" from Nasa only gets 107,000 views in 3 days.
That's always the same. Smart things/people get barely any attention, while stupid people always get all the attention. It's always been that way since the tv was invented.
but you are talking about humans soooooo you really shouldnt be surprised at all, i mean why would u want morons to watch such beauty anyways, it will spoil the beauty and the original only stays in your mind until you die and it dies off with u, by the way i bet you the comment section would be filled with conspiracies and religious beliefs anyways, quality over quantity :)
I suppose the majority of humans, sadly, are enchanted by the mundane and useless minutia of this world - it's enough to know people exist who can appreciate and continuing researching this incredible cosmos.
The majotity of people in the world are stupid out of lack of education, enlightenment or ignorance. The popularity of each kind of video is a strong hint for this fact.
EXACTLY
Dang, missed it.
Last night the moon looked huge
dude swag
sorry.. but the statement about not knowing the true reason as to why a low hanging moon looks larger is.. well bogus.
there is a reason. It because when the moon is low on the horizon its line of sight has to pass through more of the earths atmosphere causing a magnifying effect.
:-)
regardless. i cant wait to see these full moons in all their gorgeous splendor!
:-)
Se há um efeito de ampliação então porque dizem que não aparece na foto? (If there is a magnifying effect why people say it is not shown in a picture?)
A supermoon happened on my birthday. July 12th
Im bad with time zone for GMT... but does 08:28 GMT means 3:28AM EST? I live on EST time zone.
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Why would the illusion of a larger moon low on the horizon not be well understood? It would seem to me that the atmosphere, water vapor, and to a small extent, the gravitational & magnetic fields of the earth would increase the size of a low hanging moon the same way a lens does. That is why these lower hanging moons have an overall lower per pixel luminosity and tend to shift to the red-er ends of the spectrum (Doppler effect of angle of the moon to the observational point on the earth). It would stand to reason that this should be well understood.
Gracias, Amo la Luna C/ todo mi corazon!!!!
Time to break out the caldrons and candles and do a little Wiccan Magic! Or simply HOWL at the moon!
good
I thought it was only an illusion when the moon is photographed against houses
next time watch the whole video first, dumbass!
Dawn of the first day.
I liked everything about this report.
I was curious about the large moon. Then I felt stupid because it happens all the time and I am not paying attention. Then I am reassured ” It’s OK to be stupid just go learn more about astronomy”.
xDlol
a winter of super moons
a super moon will be 1 day after my birthday? SWEET!
And october - bloody moon ;)
There's a super moon on my birthday :D September 9 :D
Its interesting that the Vedic Religion (Hinduism branched from this) has worshiped the Guru or Giver of Bliss, on the full moon in July as a Purnima moon. They somehow knew this moon was special. Guru Purnima has been a day of worship for centuries.
did you see when that one place made a space craft they put air in the tires
WHAT. Are you telling me that I've been walking around thinking that Apoapsis and Perapsis from KSP is not real terms. Craiep
I came here because I'm a Moon Knight fan
I LIKE THIS FIELD BE BLESSED ONE DAY I WILL
Neil deGrasse Tyson made the best comment about the super moon, noting the small difference percentage. He said something to the effect of:
If you have a 16 inch pizza, would you call that a super pizza compared with a 15 inch pizza? :-D
The funniest thing I ever saw was on my local news station just last year, reporting a "super moon" that you would be able to see the lunar landing sites with a backyard telescope because it would be so close! OMG! This was on television and my local newspaper, both obviously drawn from the internet by someone who knew nothing about astronomy or telescopes. To top it off, I went to work the next day, and one of my compulsive liar friends who had seen this report pretended to see the Tranquility Base site with his kid's telescope! (epic fail).
I enjoy hearing people get excited about astronomical events, but we should keep it in perspective, and definitely out of the realms of fiction!
A book called "the stones cry out" by archaeologist Randall Price shows a lot of archaeology that supports the Bible.
she forgot to cuss like Neil Tyson on gravity review
happy 中秋节 lol ...
Wow way to kill my buzz
Ive seen...a bad moon a risin
Moon 2014-07-12 [+photos] - facebook.com/photo.php?v=1511387945761788&set=vb.100006717913766&type=3
Have super moons gone too far?
NASA is great and all but they really need to get a good video development team. And a better speaker. And like.. everything.
I'm sure NASA has more important things to do than get together a spectacular 3 minute video on the Supermoon. Many people don't even care for astronomy sadly, and this voice actor works just fine. :)
I'm sure NASA has the money to get a decent development team to enhance their online presence tenfold, it would be a worthy investment for them in my opinion.
Progress requires resources and most of it comes out the peoples taxes, with the money that has been wasted on wars, it would have been better on finding out whether their truly is life elsewhere...if their is I will want a ticket to that planet lol God, I do hope we are not missing anything especially a 100 light years away! THEIR IS LIFE OUT THERE I feel it in my bones.
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According to prophet muhammed (SAWS) one of the signs of day of judgement is when the moon appears big.
Believe it or not.
Which means in Perigee...the gravity is much higher than Apogee??will it affect the gravity more than ordinary full moon???
*perigee = closer to earth, apogee = further away. Etymology comes from greek words [περίγειος/απόγειο =| perigeio/apogeio]*
It should
Since the moon is closer at perigee, its gravity would have a stronger influence on Earth, but not by much. It can result in higher tides, but no other effects would be visible to the unaided eye.
Whether or not the moon is full has nothing to do with it's gravitational strength. That's a matter of distance only. At perigee the moon is around 43,000km closer to the earth than it is at apogee, however, it's still about 363,000km away at it's closest approach (perigee). Considering it has a much smaller mass than the earth, and is so far away, we won't notice any difference at all. The only effect we are really likely to notice at all are tidal effects, and they'll be consistent with the tides at other lunar perigees.
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