LazyHippo Posted March 11, 2020 Share Posted March 11, 2020 Since the moon does not orbit our planet in a perfect circle, at times the full moon coincides with the satellite's closest approach to our planet. The full moon of March, known as the Worm Moon, arrived on Monday at 1:48 p.m. EDT (1748 GMT), and it reached perigee, its closest point to Earth, today (March 10) at 2:33 a.m. EDT (0633 GMT), nearly 13 hours later. At the time of perigee, the moon was 223,980 miles (360,461 kilometers) from Earth, compared to its average distance of 240,000 miles (384,400 km). 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bubblehash Posted March 14, 2020 Share Posted March 14, 2020 One of the cool parts about moving to the Pacific Northwest from the Midwest has been how much clearer the moon and stars appear. I stood my in backyard for like 15 minutes the other night just staring at the moon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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