By Robert Roy Britt
updated 1:36 p.m. CT, Fri., Jan. 9, 2009
If skies are clear Saturday, go out at sunset and look for the giant moon rising in the east. It will be the biggest and brightest one of 2009, sure to wow even seasoned observers.
Earth, the moon and the sun are all bound together by gravity, which keeps us going around the sun and keeps the moon going around us as it goes through phases. The moon makes a trip around Earth every 29.5 days
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Saturday, January 10, 2009
Wednesday, December 10, 2008
Largest Full Moon of the Year
According to NASA, on Dec. 12th the Moon becomes full a scant 4 hours after reaching perigee, making it 14% bigger and 30% brighter than lesser full Moons we've seen earlier in 2008.
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