We have a rather interesting coincidence of events going on tonight. Nature is putting on a light show.
We have a full moon at the moon’s perigee (the closest point of the moon’s orbit to Earth.) What this means is a rough 14 percent larger moon with about 30 percent higher brightness than your typical full moon.
To make things even more interesting in tonight’s night sky, yesterday and today mark the peak of the annual Geminid meteor shower, which typically produces 50 or more meteors an hour.
Centuries ago the American natives would have held some kind of dance honoring the event, while the Europeans cowered in their hovels, waiting for the Apocalypse.
Photo by David Haworth.
Tags: astronomy, meteor shower, moon
