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Going out to see the "super moon?" Great! Full moons are always pretty, but let's watch with knowledge. All full moons, even "super" ones, can be covered with the width of the tip of your little finger held at arm's length. The difference between the biggest possible full moon and the smallest one is similar to the difference between the width of the tip of your little finger at arm's length, and the width of the tip of your little finger at arm's length plus the thickness of a US quarter (and you are supposed to notice that tiny difference based on your memory of a full moon months ago that you may not have seen). The difference in apparent size from one full moon to the next is literally too small to be seen by the human eye. There is, however, an optical illusion called the Moon Illusion that makes rising and setting full moons look big. As for this full moon, the instant of full moon will be Monday morning at 7:52 AM, and the moon will have set in Acadiana by then. The instant of perigee, when the moon is closest to Earth is about 2.5 hours earlier at 5:24 AM, and the moon will be low on the western side of the sky then. Your choices are, look at the moon early Sunday night about 12 hours too soon; look early Monday night about 12 hours too late; or look just before dawn Monday morning very close to perigee. Remember that the pictures you see of the amazingly big full moon dwarfing buildings are taken with zoom lenses, and the moon will not actually look like that. "Super moons" look essentially like other full moons and can be covered with the width of the tip of your little finger at arm's length. Try it! While you are out there, notice how strong the Moon Illusion can be! Look at the moon in binoculars or a low power telescope—can you see the bright crater Tycho with giant rays splashed away from it? As the moon rises, does it look slightly flattened due to atmospheric refraction? If it does, watch as that lessens over an hour or so to make the moon look rounder. And don't forget the moon is rising because Earth is turning and you are going almost 900 miles an hour in Acadiana as that happens. See? Isn't that better than simply falling for the hype about a "super moon?"

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