There's a huge full moon tonight....

[boxtops]

anyone seen it? It's riding high down here. When I was little, the September moon was Harvest Moon, the October one was Hunters' Moon - what's November?

[emmie]

its very bright, and can someone say whether that's Jupiter next to it, because i have asked this before

[DTCwordfan]

massive here and there's a thin veneer of cloud - the cemetery next door is particularly spooky....or maybe I shouldn't have had that third pint.

[boxtops]

em - yes http://earthsky.org/tonight

[boxtops]

^ That link answers my question too - Frosty Moon.

[emmie]

thought so, excellent.

[sunny-dave]

Brilliant - thanks chaps - just been outside with the big Canon stabilised bins & can not only see Jupiter but its moons too - wonderful :=))))


I'm afraid (to lower the tone) that this is now The Beaver Moon ...

[naomi24]

Huge full moon? Oh gawd! Don't tell them in R&S! Some of them are bad enough at the best of times! :o)

[DTCwordfan]

When I consider Ed's heavens, the work of his fat fingers, the moon and the stars, which he hast ordained; what is an ABer, that thou art mindful and damn scary of him?

(Venator's Palms 8:3,4)

[boxtops]

LOL naomi - OH has just gone to work - as he left, he commented about the moon, and said "no doubt the nutters will be out on AB tonight...."

[naomi24]

Haaa!

[emmie]

no nutters, just some who are fascinated with this magical light.

[rsvp]

thanks Boxtops - have just wobbled out in my garden and looked up - absolutely clear evening with the moon and two stars/planets? very prominent

[scotman]

Very clear here tonight but I must say it looked the same size as the other full moons I have seen.

[boxtops]

scotman, it was huge as it was rising (I know it's to do with angle of view etc.) but it looked very near!

[boxtops]

me too em, I have always been fascinated by the moon, since I was a tadpole.

[DaisyNonna]

Very high, had to open the window and look up to see it.

[Ann]

Moon had a distinct ring of lit up cloud around it here in Leicestershire - looked lovely. A friend of ours said this usually meant rain - is he right?

[askyourgran]

I always thought a ring around the moon meant frost or snow. Don't know for sure.

[welshlibranr]

The moon over the sea here is just lovely!............and yes Ann, rain is forecast for tomorrow here!.................

[starone]

Unfortunately, when I was young a very bright moon was called a bombers moon, for the obvious reason.