Today, Saturday, March 19,
reach the moon''giant''maximum visibility of the rare event will happen at midnight tonight. How
not happened in 18 years, will reach the minimum distance from the earth, we could see an event that only happens every twenty years: the so-called "giant moon."
The satellite will reach in fact the minimum distance from the earth (the highlight is scheduled at midnight, when it comes to about 353,400 km) and appear huge human eye, reaching 14% more of his greatness.
An event made even more spectacular by the fact that full moon is scheduled for tonight.
The phenomenon of the lunar perigee:
Renamed the simple words "super moon," the phenomenon is called perigee lunare.E in fact simply means that the minimum distance will be affected by ground
An event not rare, considering that not happened since 1993, ie 18 years.
From the astronomical point of view, is explained by the fact that the moon revolves around the Earth along an elliptical orbit, and every 19 years moving around the orbit due to the gravitational perturbations caused by other, perhaps, like the sun. ;
Thus the points at which the moon reaches the minimum distance (perigee) and maximum (apogee) swinging around a moving point average.
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