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Is upcoming 'super moon' cause for concern?

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    NASA scientist debunks myths and describes phenomenon of a perigee moon

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-- -- -- -- -- -- Presented by science at NASA.

The full moon has a reputation for trouble.

It -- high tides.

It makes -- -- it wakes you up in the middle of the night with beams of -- stealing through the trips.

If -- moon -- wakes you up on the night of may fifth 2012.

You might want to get out of bed and take a look.

This means full moon is a Superman.

As much as 14% bigger and 30% brighter than other full moons of 2012.

The scientific term for the phenomenon is carotene.

Bloomsbury in size because of the oval shape of the moon's orbit.

The -- follows an elliptical path around earth with one side -- about 50000 kilometers closer than the other Apogee.

Full moons that occur on the -- side of the moon's orbit seem extra -- bright.

Such as the case on May fifth at 11:34 PM eastern daylight time when the moon reaches parity.

Only one minute later the moon will line up with the earth and the sun to become gloriously well the timing is almost perfect.

-- the -- is 14% bigger than usual can you really tell the difference.

It's tricky.

There are new rulers floating in the sky to -- -- Diane matters hanging high overhead with no reference points to provide a sense of scale one full moon -- -- much like any other.

The best time to book -- when the moon is near the horizon.

For reasons not fully understood by astronomers or psychologists.

Low hanging -- look unnaturally large when -- beam through trees buildings and other foreground objects.

On May fifth this -- -- will amplify on them that extra big to Begin.

The swollen or rising in the east at sunset we'll seems -- indeed.

Folklore holds that all kinds of wacky things happen under the -- of awful -- Supposedly hospital admissions increased the crime rate ticks upward and people -- -- strangely.

The idea that the full moon causes mental disorders was widespread in the Middle Ages.

Even the word lunacy meaning insanity comes from the Latin word for -- The majority of modern studies however show no correlation between the needs of the -- in the incidence of crime sickness.

-- human behavior.

The -- news.

The -- is less influential than Butler would have us believe.

It's true that -- -- -- full -- brings with it extra high purity in tights.

But according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

This is nothing to worry about it in most places.

-- gravity at parity pulls tide waters only a few centimeters an -- -- so higher than usual.

Local geography can amplify the effect to about fifteen centimeters six inches.

Not exactly a great -- Super -- -- are actually fairly common.

The moon becomes -- within a few hours of its closest approach to earth about once a year on average the last such occurrence occurred on March 19 2011.

Producing a full -- that was almost 400 kilometers closer than this.

As usual no trouble was reported.

That is unless you count -- midnight awakening as trouble it's so close the traits that -- that otherwise enjoyed the Superman.

For more news about great things in the night sky.

-- science dot NASA dot.

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