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Perigee (03/19/2011; 23:39 UT), and the Moon about 17 hours after the Apogee (10/13/2011; 05:14 UT - about 27 hours after Full phase. <br />
 
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<p><b>Yesterday's LPOD:</b> [[October 24, 2011|Tele And Wide Views]] </p>
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<p><b>Tomorrow's LPOD:</b> [[October 26, 2011|Zone of Avoidance Rays]] </p>
 
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Latest revision as of 14:46, 8 February 2015

Big & Little

LPOD-Oct25-11.jpg
image by Ricardo José Vaz Tolentino, Brazil

The Moon gets big and the Moon gets small, but it is surprising how large the variation is. Because we don't see two moons side by side we fail to notice the gradual changes in size. But the relatively large eccentricity of 5.5%, augmented by solar tides at full Moon, causes the Moon to swing though periodic changes in size like a binge dieter. Librations add another variable, so each big Moon, and small one too, is different.

Chuck Wood

Technical Details
Perigee (03/19/2011; 23:39 UT), and the Moon about 17 hours after the Apogee (10/13/2011; 05:14 UT - about 27 hours after Full phase.

Yesterday's LPOD: Tele And Wide Views

Tomorrow's LPOD: Zone of Avoidance Rays



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