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Just spotted it on my eastern horizon. Its pale (not dark yet) but visible.
Soooooo 😎 cool.
elleng
(131,202 posts)but clearing later.
Moon SETS at 5:27 A.M!
dhol82
(9,353 posts)Have to say it looked a lot bigger when it was at the horizon.
Still cool!
roamer65
(36,747 posts)The 2020s are chocked full of them.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_solar_eclipses_in_the_21st_century
2021, 2023, 2024, 2026, 2028 and 2029 definitely will witness them in North America.
muriel_volestrangler
(101,390 posts)Be honest - can you really judge the maximum width of the not-yet-round moon in the sky so well that you can tell the difference between it now and 7 days ago?
dhol82
(9,353 posts)muriel_volestrangler
(101,390 posts)Could you really notice the difference in the height compared to 7 days ago - or a full moon from 3 months ago?
dhol82
(9,353 posts)Im lucky I remembered this was the super moon night.
However, it was real pretty after the light went down.
muriel_volestrangler
(101,390 posts)The moon will be at its closest to Earth at Jan 1st, 9:56pm GMT (4:56pm EST); it will be full at Jan 2nd 2:24am (Jan 1st 0:24pm EST).
https://astronomynow.com/2017/12/31/see-2018s-largest-supermoon-on-2-january/
It's still over 24 hours away.
dhol82
(9,353 posts)Ya know, it was a really nice thing that I saw.
Thank you for destroying all the niceness.
Hope you are happy.
I could say fuck you, but I would not want to be unkind.
dhol82
(9,353 posts)Sad.
Aristus
(66,478 posts)Looks incredible...