Tag: Golden Handle

A Puny Blue Blood Halloween Moon marks Mid-Autumn, and Bright Planets on View from Evening to Dawn!

October 25, 2020

These images of the full moon by Michael Watson of Toronto perfectly illustrate the size difference between a perigee “supermoon” and an apogee “punymoon”. The image on the right will very closely conform to the appearance of the full moon on Halloween night – when the moon will actually be about 10 hours past full…
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The Evening Moon’s Golden Handle, Earth at Aphelion, See Seven Planets Simultaneously, and the Full Moon enters Earth’s Shadow and Joins Jupiter and Saturn!

June 28, 2020

A close-up view of Sinus Iridum and the Golden Handle to its west. The large feature is located in the northwestern (upper left) quadrant of the moon’s disk. The handle effect is visible with sharp, unaided eyes, and through binoculars and backyard telescopes. Note the N-S aligned dorsae, or wrinkle ridges. Image from Wikipedia. Happy…
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