# There's a good moon on the rise

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [November 13, 2016, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-a-good-moon-on-the-rise/771761 "2016-11-13T02:56:07Z")\
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**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\
**Post date:** [November 13, 2016, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-a-good-moon-on-the-rise/771761/1 "2016-11-13T02:56:07Z")

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Sunday and Monday will see the full moon larger than it has been in 60+ years.

Not a huge difference (14%), but worth a look.

I caught the almost-full moon rising a few hours ago while scouting for a moonset location:

[![Imgur](https://live.staticflickr.com/5566/30830819582_c085cf9fa8_b.jpg "DSC\_2359") ](https://www.flickr.com/photos/11822576@N08/30830819582/in/dateposted-public/)

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**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\
**Post date:** [November 14, 2016, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-a-good-moon-on-the-rise/771761/2 "2016-11-14T17:20:57Z")

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Some more from this morning:

[![Imgur](https://live.staticflickr.com/5687/30947896436_d9e2dd62d1_b.jpg "DSC\_2413") ](https://www.flickr.com/photos/11822576@N08/30947896436/in/dateposted-public/)  
[![Imgur](https://live.staticflickr.com/5735/30894947131_11fd99f477_b.jpg "DSC\_2446") ](https://www.flickr.com/photos/11822576@N08/30894947131/in/dateposted-public/)  
[![Imgur](https://live.staticflickr.com/5454/30894929091_0719df91e4_b.jpg "StarStaX\_\_0001704\_00011-\_0002001\_00308\_gap\_filling") ](https://www.flickr.com/photos/11822576@N08/30894929091/in/dateposted-public/)

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**Author:** ![Sailboat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sailboat/32/461_2.png) [@Sailboat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sailboat)\
**Post date:** [November 14, 2016, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-a-good-moon-on-the-rise/771761/3 "2016-11-14T17:38:08Z")

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Fun pics!

Saw it before sunrise this morning on the East Coast, when it was at maximum.

Appropriately enough, I was walking one of my dogs, Luna.

For the record, she did not howl.

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**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\
**Post date:** [November 14, 2016, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-a-good-moon-on-the-rise/771761/4 "2016-11-14T17:41:32Z")

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I was out in the desert at 4AM , and there were coyotes howling in the distance (I’m not sure if the moon had anything to do with it - they just like howling!).