Last night, we all went out to view the moon, and in spite of all the clouds we were still able to see the big, bright, full moon. On January 29th, the moon was the brightest and biggest that it will be this year. Perigee is the term explaining when the moon's orbit reaches its closest point to earth. One or two times a year, the moon's perigee coincides with a full moon making it appear really big and bright for us. Native Americans gave each month's full moon names, thus the name "wolf moon" for January's full moon. You can read a further explanation here. We were able to identify the Sea of Tranquility through my binoculars. Apollo 11 landed at the edge of the Sea of Tranquility, and I got pretty excited about being able to so easily see it.
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Jan 29, 2010
Wolf Moon
Last night, we all went out to view the moon, and in spite of all the clouds we were still able to see the big, bright, full moon. On January 29th, the moon was the brightest and biggest that it will be this year. Perigee is the term explaining when the moon's orbit reaches its closest point to earth. One or two times a year, the moon's perigee coincides with a full moon making it appear really big and bright for us. Native Americans gave each month's full moon names, thus the name "wolf moon" for January's full moon. You can read a further explanation here. We were able to identify the Sea of Tranquility through my binoculars. Apollo 11 landed at the edge of the Sea of Tranquility, and I got pretty excited about being able to so easily see it.
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