Happy New Year

[FTTRV]

Happy New Year hoping 2014 will be a good year of camping.
Chuck

[keekers]

I'm passing it on. Happy New Year everyone.
Patti

[carlkeigley]

Happy Janus!

[Troy Hawkins]

Happy New Year!!!!!

[Brian M. in NY]

Happy New Year!

[Lil M.]

Happy New Year everyone!

[NancyS]

Happy New Year !!!!

[BAMA & Pachyderm Posse]

to all a happy new year !

[Lynn Musgrave]

Happy New Year! Be sure to look at the moon tonight it is a FULL moon and New moon.

This is the first time a full,new moon as happened on January 1 in 19 years and as I understand it will be over 20 years before it happens again.

May you all have a very great year of Good Health and Happy Camping

[Marinab]

Happy New Year

[Donna D.]

May 2014 be full of happiness, prosperity, good memory makers and a life full of good health!

[carlkeigley]

Originally Posted by Lynn Musgrave

Happy New Year! Be sure to look at the moon tonight it is a FULL moon and New moon.

This is the first time a full,new moon as happened on January 1 in 19 years and as I understand it will be over 20 years before it happens again.

May you all have a very great year of Good Health and Happy Camping

This stumped me for a bit as the new moon and full moon are two weeks apart.
But I found this:

Here is the scoop on SuperMoons, EarthSky.org says:

“The term supermoon didn’t come from astronomy. We used to call them perigee… ‘near Earth.’ An astrologer, Richard Nolle, is credited with coining the term supermoon. He defines them as:

. . . a new or full moon which occurs with the moon at or near (within 90% of) its closest approach to Earth.

“By this definition, a new moon or full moon has to come within 361,863 kilometers (224,851 miles) of our planet, as measured from the centers of the moon and Earth, in order to be a supermoon.”

?Super Moon January 1st ???????????????? | Space

[carlkeigley]

I went outside a few minutes ago and did not see a new moon or a full moon.
Come to think of it, I didn't see any stars either..........lol

I'm thinking it must be cloudy out there. Think we have a few snow flurries
in the forecast. All I know is it's windy and cold.

[Lynn Musgrave]

Originally Posted by carlkeigley

This stumped me for a bit as the new moon and full moon are two weeks apart.
But I found this:

Here is the scoop on SuperMoons, EarthSky.org says:

“The term supermoon didn’t come from astronomy. We used to call them perigee… ‘near Earth.’ An astrologer, Richard Nolle, is credited with coining the term supermoon. He defines them as:

. . . a new or full moon which occurs with the moon at or near (within 90% of) its closest approach to Earth.

“By this definition, a new moon or full moon has to come within 361,863 kilometers (224,851 miles) of our planet, as measured from the centers of the moon and Earth, in order to be a supermoon.”

?Super Moon January 1st ???????????????? | Space

Thanks for finding this information for me...sorry I didn't get it all posted.I saw it( the first time in 19 years ) and thought it was interesting.I am not real good at tracking down information,but have seen it posted in several places, so I thought I would share what little I knew about it.

One of the MANY Great things about this sight is there is always someone here that can go into easy to understand details.

It is cloudy here tonight so I can not see the moon. I do know it is brighter than normal for a cloudy night,but that is about all I can say about it.

Happy Camping....