The Moon is full, straight behind the earth from the sun, tonight at 11:35. 25 minutes later it will be at perigee, its closest point to Earth in its moonthly orbit of our planet. The combination will make for the largest and brightest full moon of the year so if anyone tells you the moon looks really big tonight - it won't be their imagination. It should be hard to miss.
Unless... there are clouds from t'storms that have fired up from a combination of another day with temps in the 80's and a cold front sweeping through the area from the north. Saturday's sunny start has already faded to clouds as another day sets up for heat and storms. With the cold front through the area, Sunday should be cooler and drier, a welcome break from the hot, humid taste of summer we have had this week.
If the clouds clear, bright Venus is still fairly high in the west but dropping nightly in May setting up for its solar transit on June 5th. Mars is high in the south as dusk and Saturn, now west of the moon, is out shining nearby Spica.
A couple of little quakes in Central Va. but we are, mercifully, winding down on aftershock action. Several volcanoes around the planet are belching and rumbling but none are going big right now. Popo watch continues in Mexico.
Get out and check out your planet and our little chunk of space!!
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