Full Moon Rises Sunday: Live Webcast Seeks Record-Breaking Lunar Crash Site The March full moon will rise on Sunday night (March 16) in a brilliant display that will allow Internet denizens to investigate the site of the most brilliant lunar explosion in a free live webcast, weather permitting. This months full moon, which officially turns full at 1:08 p.m. EDT (1708 GMT) Sunday is called the Full Worm Moon. The seemingly odd name comes from the appearance of earthworms as the ground softens after winter thaws. The online Slooh community telescope website will use the full moon event to examine an impact site in the Mare Nubium lunar basin. The webcast begins at 9 p.m. EDT (0100 March 17 GMT). You can view it directly @ youtube/watch?v=NS2ffDTRAd0 or events.slooh/stadium/asteroid-impacts-moon-canary-islands-march-11-2014 The target of Sundays Slooh lunar webcast is a region of Mare Nubium, where brightest asteroid strike on the moon ever seen was spoted last year. The asteroid was traveling at about 37,900 mph (61,000 km/h) when it slammed into the moon, creating a crater about 131 feet wide (40 meters) on Sept. 11, 2013. Scientists announced the discovery on Feb. 24 of this year.
Posted on: Sat, 15 Mar 2014 18:17:30 +0000
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