Japanese Earthquake Causes 'Supermoon' Concern
Friday, March 11, 2011 - 11:21
in Earth & Climate
Astrologers are feeling pretty good today. Because it's made up and not science, anything happening anywhere near a date they predict can be attribution, so talk of a 'supermoon' - a new or full moon at 90% of its closest perigee - followed by an earthquake in Japan makes them seem prescient. Well, are they? The supermoon which will occur March 19 will be at its closest to Earth in elliptical orbit (lunar perigee), they say, and closer to Earth than it has been in 18 years. How close is that? Only about 2 degrees so unless astrologers have the kind of measurement instruments no one outside NASA has, they can't detect it. Which means it isn't causing huge waves or earthquakes. read more