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"The biological community is a vast and complicated system for sharing and distributing the energy of the sun among a diversity of life forms." ~Martson Bates

1/15/14

2014's Micro Moon Tonight!

Keep an eye out for the moon tonight.  It will be full tonight, but that's not the only thing.  The moon will also reach its apogee, the farthest point it reaches in its orbit around Earth, some 252,607 miles (406,532 kilometers) away from Earth. This apogee will make the moon appear to be the smallest full moon of 2014—about four percent smaller than average—as it rises this evening in the east after sunset. The last time we had such a “micro-moon” was back in November 2012.
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Anonymous said...

I had a meeting on Wed. the 15th after school so was driving over the arch at about 6pm and marveled at the moon. Wish I had know all the facts. Love, Mom

January 18, 2014 at 9:56 AM

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