Hey Everyone! Don't forget that the Moon will becoming it's closest to the Earth all year and it will be a full Moon at the same time!! The Moon orbits the Earth in an ellipse so it's distance from Earth constantly changes. The Perigee is when the Moon is the closest and this is what we will be experiencing this weekend. This will make the Moon look about 14% bigger and 30% brighter than usual, hence the term Supermoon. The Moon becomes Full officially at 11:35pm on Saturday night. So, in your Cinco de Mayo drunken state of mind, take a second to look at the Moon and see something spectacular!
A little later, if you haven't passed out yet, download your Google Sky Map and look toward Aquarius and you will most likely see some Meteors (this will be on the Eastern Horizon). The eta Aquarid meteor show (left over dust from Halley's comet) peaks on Saturday night/Sunday morning. Aquarius should start to become visible between 2am-2:30am on Sunday morning and you should be able to see meteors from then to sunrise. You may be able to see a meteor every 2-3 minutes if you are in a darker area! The Moon's light will make these difficult to see but you should still be able to see some pretty cool streaks. You should be able to see fireballs shooting all the away across the constellation. Some of these meteors are only as big as a grain of sand but because they are moving at 145K miles per hour, the friction it produces against our atmosphere creates the awesome light show!!!
Have a Great WEEKEND!!!!!!!
This Sky Map should help for people that can't download Google Sky Map.
Cheers!
K.A. Ball
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