# Saturday's full moon will be the biggest in 18 years **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 19, 2011, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saturdays-full-moon-will-be-the-biggest-in-18-years/575227 "2011-03-19T03:05:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2011, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saturdays-full-moon-will-be-the-biggest-in-18-years/575227/21 "2011-03-20T01:56:13Z")
It’s _beautiful_. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2011, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saturdays-full-moon-will-be-the-biggest-in-18-years/575227/22 "2011-03-20T02:01:49Z")
Here is an [interesting picture](http://www.flickr.com/photos/35067687@N04/5541053611) as the moon rises in Wash DC at the Lincoln Memorial. The moon looks on fire. ---
**Author:** ![Labtrash](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/labtrash/32/528_2.png) [@Labtrash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labtrash)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2011, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saturdays-full-moon-will-be-the-biggest-in-18-years/575227/23 "2011-03-20T02:11:36Z")
Not so big now where I am, but pretty bright [here](http://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k302/labtrash/DSC_0179-1.jpg) and [here](http://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k302/labtrash/DSC_0176-1.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Kozmik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/8dc957/32.png) [@Kozmik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kozmik)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2011, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saturdays-full-moon-will-be-the-biggest-in-18-years/575227/24 "2011-03-20T02:26:43Z")
Bruce Almighty must have a date tonight. ---
**Author:** ![whiterabbit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/cab0a1/32.png) [@whiterabbit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whiterabbit)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2011, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saturdays-full-moon-will-be-the-biggest-in-18-years/575227/25 "2011-03-20T02:43:56Z")
There’s little enough ambient light where I am that any full moon puts out a LOT of light, enough that it looks like in movies – I’d never seen moonlight quite that bright before I ended up here. So this ought to be a treat, though I’ll have to go out again in a bit; the sky is looking promisingly bright to the east, but no moon yet. ---
**Author:** ![EvilTOJ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee59a6/32.png) [@EvilTOJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EvilTOJ)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2011, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saturdays-full-moon-will-be-the-biggest-in-18-years/575227/26 "2011-03-20T02:50:08Z")
Isn’t it at perigee every month though? Or is it just that it’s perigee AND a full moon? It’s completely cloudy here so I won’t be able to see it at all.! ---
**Author:** ![DooWahDiddy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e9bcb4/32.png) [@DooWahDiddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DooWahDiddy)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2011, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saturdays-full-moon-will-be-the-biggest-in-18-years/575227/27 "2011-03-20T03:08:34Z")
Ugh, what a drag… completely overcast tonight. ☹ (I’m working in Virginia right now, not in NYC.) I couldn’t even see it at all until it was too high to look any different than any other full moon. Boo. So, tomorrow, will it be the closest it’s been in 18 years minus 1? I assume we’ll have another chance to see it almost like we would have seen it tonight, yes? ---
**Author:** ![Curious3d](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a6a055/32.png) [@Curious3d](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Curious3d)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2011, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saturdays-full-moon-will-be-the-biggest-in-18-years/575227/28 "2011-03-20T03:40:54Z")
It’s SO bright. It’s just partly cloudy here, and we’re seeing godrays from the moon. Just spectacular! ---
**Author:** ![Darth\_Nader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Darth\_Nader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Nader)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2011, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saturdays-full-moon-will-be-the-biggest-in-18-years/575227/29 "2011-03-20T03:50:02Z")
My son and I have been outside a few times already. I hope he remembers this. ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2011, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saturdays-full-moon-will-be-the-biggest-in-18-years/575227/30 "2011-03-20T04:04:51Z")
> [@Sunspace](#): > > It’s _beautiful_. Still cracks me up when think of Ren telling Stimpy that line: > **[Nickelodeon | Homepage](https://www.nick.com)** > > Splat your way through the wild world of Nick with all your favorite shows, including SpongeBob SquarePants, Dora, The Loud House, Monster High, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and more! ---
**Author:** ![dangermom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e274bd/32.png) [@dangermom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dangermom)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2011, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saturdays-full-moon-will-be-the-biggest-in-18-years/575227/31 "2011-03-20T04:19:00Z")
Sigh. We’ve had rain all week, and it’s pouring now. No chance. What do I live in California for if it’s going to rain during the cool moon thing? ---
**Author:** ![Shayna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shayna/32/17976_2.png) [@Shayna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shayna)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2011, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saturdays-full-moon-will-be-the-biggest-in-18-years/575227/32 "2011-03-20T05:07:15Z")
Too overcast for us to see it here. I’m bummed. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![jasonh300](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/46a35a/32.png) [@jasonh300](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jasonh300)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2011, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saturdays-full-moon-will-be-the-biggest-in-18-years/575227/33 "2011-03-20T05:26:07Z")
> [@EvilTOJ](#): > > Isn’t it at perigee every month though? Or is it just that it’s perigee AND a full moon? It’s completely cloudy here so I won’t be able to see it at all.! Perigee is it’s closest approach during each orbit, which happens every 28 days. But the distance varies by thousands of km. This one is special because it’s a very close approach, and because it’s during a full moon. If you look at the link in my last post, you can see the date and time of the perigee and apogee each month, and the distance from earth, and the number of days/hours/minutes from the full or new moon. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2011, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saturdays-full-moon-will-be-the-biggest-in-18-years/575227/34 "2011-03-20T14:39:42Z")
Sunny all day, then the clouds moved in around 4 p.m. :mad: [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saturdays-full-moon-will-be-the-biggest-in-18-years/575227.md?page=1)