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Re: Was it a "super moon" or just the same old moon?
From: Hewitt Schlereth
Date: 2015 Sep 28, 12:32 -0700
From: Hewitt Schlereth
Date: 2015 Sep 28, 12:32 -0700
Stan, that's the way I saw it here in San Diego at 32* 45' N, 117* 13' W.
Until the full dark phase, I saw a very thin gold ring around the moon's rim, which the two others with me confirmed. I'm at a loss to explain this effect (could be aged eyes :-). Did anyone else see it?
Hewitt
Happily, here in Connecticut, the weatherman's initial prediction of clouds was incorrect, and the Klein curse of astronomical event weather did not occur. We had a very nice show. Regarding size, the "super" moon did not appear noticeable larger than the "normal" moon, at least not to me. Regarding color, it looked like a regular total lunar eclipse to me, going from silvery to coppery, but hardly blood red. Nevertheless, it was worth seeing, and I feel bad for my friends in Louisiana, who called to say it was cloudy there, and it started to rain during our conversation.
Stan
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From: Rommel John Miller <NoReply_Miller@fer3.com>
To: slk1000 <slk1000---.com>
Sent: Sun, Sep 27, 2015 11:57 pm
Subject: [NavList] Was it a "super moon" or just the same old moon?
Okay, we are just emerging from totality at 10:23 pm local Hebron, MD time.No blood red moon, nothing but the same old silver colored disk that when it is full is termed “moon bright.”What all the fuss over these myths of super moons is about when any physicist in the field of Astronomy could tell you, it just isn’t true.But I guess some ship board sailors and navigators out there still put faith in St. Elmo and his strange “fire.”Oh well, I always thought science would dispel myth, not perpetuate them.But Barnum was right, one is born every minute.Rommel John Miller8679 Island Pointe DriveHebron, MD 21830-1093410-219-2690 (Land and Home)443-365-7925 (Cell)
