Doesn't the moon look full tonight? - Full Buck Moon - July 18th

[Breeze54]

It's supposed to be full on JULY 18 @ 7:59

Per: http://aa.usno.navy.mil/data/docs/MoonPhase.php

But it already looked full to me tonight and bright!

The Moon

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Boston, MA

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[DemoTex]

1. 95% waxing gibbous moon tonight ..

http://www.calculatorcat.com/moon_phases/phasenow.php

[Breeze54]

3. "waxing gibbous" sounds almost sexy! LOL!

Thanks for the link. It is very bright in the sky here and already looks full. :)

Boston, MA Skyline Reflecting in Harbor

[RedLetterRev]

2. Not quite full here well south of ya

in NC. I took a walk a bit ago, enjoying my gardens with a good dog by my side. That's one of the joys of living far, far out in the country. Nobody would know if I were to dance nekkid. (So, like, what would be the fun of it, then? heh) There was plenty of light to see by, the sky being almost completely clear, and I could see a few bats grabbing bugs. There were a few hoot owls back in the woods and a whippoorwill was tuning up for the night. Very cool stuff.

B/B ;)

[Breeze54]

5. Sounds wonderful, nekkid or not! lol!

I went for a walk and a drive earlier and noticed it but there's a big, fat raccoon raiding
the garbage bin at the dark end of this Condo building, so I'm not going down there. I saw
it just fine up at my end. :) I'm sort of in the country too but not like you but it's a
small town outside the city and few bright lights. The city is a drive from here. ;)


Put your clothes back on!! :rofl:

J/K !! :P

[SheilaT]

4. One way to tell if the moon is actually full,

is to note when it rises. A full moon rises at sunset and sets at sunrise. And the moon rises about an hour and a quarter later each night of the year, so before the full moon it rises before sunset, after the full moon it rises after sunset. The day before and the day after the actual fun moon it can be very difficult to tell the moon is not full is by noting when it rises and sets.

But yeah, it's a beautiful moon tonight.

[Breeze54]

6. before the full moon it rises before sunset, after the full moon it rises after sunset.

Very cool to know! Thanks! :D

It is pretty! Such a nice, clear, calm night.

Loving it! :hi:

[lonestarnot]

13. Cool. Never noticed that before, now I have to look!

[psychmommy]

7. i went to a state college in nj.

it was in the pine barrens and quite beautiful. there was an unlit path that was scary as all get out that led to the apartments. on the full moon, the path lit up like daylight. it was soo beautiful. you could look out over a small lake. it changed the way i look at the full moon. ahh. those were the carefree lovely days.

[Breeze54]

9. You'll get back there soon enough.... just enjoy today....

:hi:

[midnight]

8. Last night it was big and bright so I put my telescope out and

took a closer look-beautiful. Tonight it looks fuller, and if I didn't know that Friday was suppose to be a full moon, I would say it was full tonight.

[Breeze54]

10. It sure looks that way!

:hi:

[FogerRox]

12. I have a Celestron refractor, 2.6 in ap, 1500mm focal length

Cheap and nearly 10 yrs old. I've had my eye on the Meade Schmidt-Newtonian since it came out a few yrs ago.

[Ichingcarpenter]

11. The space station is also in great viewing range for north America

from the 17th through the 24th of this month.
http://www.space.com/spacewatch/080711-ns-space-station.html

My moon is in Aries