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Heya 7chan!（ﾉ´ヮ´)

It's the first moon of the new year! The Wolf Moon! Not just a regular full moon but it's a Supermoon as well. Yep. That means the moon will be very close at 225,122 miles away making it appear 14% larger and ~30% brighter. We call this the perigee or when the Earth and the moons orbit are at its closest points to each other. This will occur tommorow January 3rd at 5:03AM EST.

But wait! There's more! Something rare that I probably don't mention much. This full Supermoon will recieve an additional brightness boost because we are also close to the perihelion with the sun. The perihelion is when we on Earth in our Earth/Moon system is at our closest point to the sun letting even more light into our little backyard. So the Earth and Moon are about 3.4% closer than at our farthest point. So this is like a Super Super Wolf Moon! 🐺 Want to go even further? OK! So the winter solstice was back on the 26th of December right? So we are firmly into winter in the northern hemisphere right? That's great for viewing! Colder weather tends to hold less moisture in the atmosphere which often leads to clearer skies and more transparent viewings of the heavens above. All the astronomers like to do their work in the cold winter or when they are high up in elevation above the clouds with less atmosphere in between them and space! If you are lucky, all of these factors will work for you to have the best viewing ever!

As for me, I am doing well and I will be flying out to Arizona on Tuesday and will be on a multi-day trek on horseback that I've done a few times before and looking around. I wish you all the best viewing and hopefully the weather near you will stay clear! Have a great night and always awoo~ especially tonight! \\(^_^)//

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