i'm in south africa and i have to squint to look at the moon at how bright it is,like someone put on a light.
they posted this question earlier about the moon brightness,dont know about the closer to earth theory.
anyone up for debate?
2007-01-01 08:20:16 · 3 answers · asked by justme 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
anna marie.thanks for the heads up.
will keep this going the whole three day and post my sightings here.
the moon closer gambit didn;t fly with me either.
2007-01-01 09:44:48 · update #1
If you think the moon is bright tonight (New Years Day in the Western Hemisphere and South Africa), just wait two more days until Wednesday evening (Thursday evening in Australia), when the moon is actually full!
However bright you may think it is now, the moon more than doubles in brilliance in the final 48 hours before full phase to the night of the full moon itself.
The moon will seem especially bright in the Southern Hemisphere because it's your high-summer full moon, low in the northern sky, shining right into your eyes. Where I am, in the New York area, it's almost overhead at midnight, and we'd have to crane our necks upward to look.
By the way, this business of the closeness of the moon is rubbish. The difference in lunar brightness between perigee and apogee is not noticeable without instruments. Far more important are the phase (it's much brighter at full moon, when the sun is reflected back to you directly rather than at an angle), height in the sky (when it's low, you're more likely to be looking straight at it), and clear skies (naturally, when it's cloudier the moon is less dazzling). If you happen to have a clear, dark sky Wednesday (Thursday in Australia and New Zealand) and you're out and about late at night, let me know if you don't agree that the moon is brightest then!
2007-01-01 09:01:10 · answer #1 · answered by Anne Marie 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's past eight in the morning in South Australia, so not looking at the moon now. It was quite bright last night, only just past full moon, my toddler daughter and I were out late, and she hadn't really seen it before - her bedroom faces the other way, so she learnt a new word 'moon'. It gets brighter than that tho, we notice it a lot, living on a farm with no other lights nearby.
2007-01-01 16:34:40 · answer #2 · answered by Greth 2 · 2⤊ 1⤋
if my neighbor does not keep his window closed, i will be eyeing the moon tonight.
2007-01-01 16:52:11 · answer #3 · answered by ? 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋