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March 19th will find the Moon closest to the Earth that it has been for the past 18 years, only this time it will be a full moon.
This is going to be interesting.
Thanks, hope we get a break in the clouds that night. I checked the tide tables and strangely there don't seem to be any unusually high or low tides around that time here.
Not sure if I understand tides the best but when you have a full moon the sun is on the other side of the earth so your tides will not be as high as when the moon and sun are on the same side.
Sounds great! I'm looking forward to experiencing this. I got up at an early hour in December for the lunar eclipse, and it was great, too. (Of course, I also got up to see Halley's Comet in '86, so I must be into this stuff.)
If you make a point of keeping an eye on the sky at full moon time, you will find that 99% of full moon nights have a crystal clear sky.
There are people that believe (and I have found it hard to dispute) that there is enough moisture in the atmosphere for it to be considered tidal.
I have been watching the full moon phenomenon for some time now and it is almost uncanny how even heavily clouded skies clear when the moon is full.
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