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Wolf Moon Rising

January 13, 2009 in Lunar Phases, The Moon

Wolf Moon Rising

A full wolf moon rose over Park City the other day. Known as the Full Wolf Moon by native Americans (likely) because of the sound of hungry wolves howling in the distance, this full moon was a bit extra special. This was also a perigee moon. Perigee is the point in the Moon’s eliptical orbit around Earth where it is at its closest. This, combined with the fact that Earth is at Perihelion (closest point in the Earth’s orbit around the Sun), made for a much bigger and brighter full moon than normal. Those of you out walking after dark might have noticed that much more light was available? If not, that’s ok. Hopefully, you at least enjoyed a nice view of Earth’s nearest celestial neighbor.


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2 Responses to “Wolf Moon Rising”

  1. Todd Frye Says:
    January 16th, 2009 at 11:01 am

    I was excited to come across your website and would like to put your link on our website. Would it be possible to add our sailing school link to your resource page. We have a new Celestial Navigation class that may be of interest to your group that we will be posting on our website within the next week.

    If I have contacted the wrong person, could you suggest other contact information?

    Thank you,

    Todd Frye

  2. donb Says:
    January 19th, 2009 at 3:37 pm

    Mr. Frye,

    Please feel free to link to Utah Skies on your site as our astronomical content is undoubtedly of interest to maritimers.

    Regards,
    Don Brown

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