St. Pattie’s Day Moon

Thanks to Skip Baumhower in Tuscaloosa for this image… doctored slightly for the occasion!

Speaking of the moon… A full Moon of rare size and beauty will rise in the east at sunset Saturday…. It’s a super “perigee moon”–the biggest in almost 20 years. The last full Moon so big and close to Earth occurred in March of 1983. Nearby perigee moons are about 14% bigger and 30% brighter than lesser moons that occur on the apogee side of the Moon’s orbit.

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