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Livingtoplay: So sorry that I forgot to archive this event in a timely manner. I'll do better next time! LTP :)

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Come on out to Southshore beach and watch the Supermoonrise over Lake Michigan while grabbing a smilie! :) Bring your own chairs or picnic blanket to sit on while we watch the moonrise at 8:45pm

Event time: 8:30 pm til the park closes at 10 pm
According to the park website, the concession stand is open til 7pm on Sundays.
(the moon will be at it's fullest an hour after it sets in the western sky at 5:32am)

https://fbcdn-sphotos-b-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-prn2/984264_649752915053430_715001360_n.jpg

 

Supermoon

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

The supermoon of March 19, 2011 (right) compared to a more average moon of December 20, 2010 (left), as viewed from Earth.

 

The March 19, 2011 supermoon was 221,566 miles (356,577 kilometers) away from Earth. The last time the full moon approached so close to Earth was in 1993.

  http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Supermoon_comparison.jpg/220px-Supermoon_comparison.jpg

 

   http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Supermoon.jpg/220px-Supermoon.jpg

 

It was about 20 percent brighter and 15 percent bigger than a regular full moon.

 

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/Supermoon_over_Germany%2C_2011.jpg/220px-Supermoon_over_Germany%2C_2011.jpg

 

Supermoon over Münster, Germany, 19 March 2011.

 

A supermoon is the coincidence of a full moon or a new moon with the closest approach the Moon makes to the Earth on its elliptical orbit, resulting in the largest apparent size of the moon's disk as seen from Earth. The technical name is the perigee-syzygy

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