{"id":8501,"date":"2012-05-05T07:37:08","date_gmt":"2012-05-05T11:37:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.johnpaulcaponigro.com\/blog\/?p=8501"},"modified":"2012-05-05T07:37:08","modified_gmt":"2012-05-05T11:37:08","slug":"super-moon-meteor-shower-tonight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.johnpaulcaponigro.com\/blog\/8501\/super-moon-meteor-shower-tonight\/","title":{"rendered":"Super Moon &amp; Meteor Shower Tonight"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><object id=\"flashObj\" width=\"425\" height=\"292\" classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"flashVars\" value=\"videoId=1529929529001&amp;linkBaseURL=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.space.com%2F15037-super-moon-return-2012-video.html&amp;playerID=1403109806001&amp;playerKey=AQ~~,AAAAAFR6xVM~,85KKOZyvPf6qwFANvqEzo9EFltY58YnJ&amp;domain=embed&amp;dynamicStreaming=true\" \/><param name=\"base\" value=\"http:\/\/admin.brightcove.com\" \/><param name=\"seamlesstabbing\" value=\"false\" \/><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"swLiveConnect\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowScriptAccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/c.brightcove.com\/services\/viewer\/federated_f9?isVid=1\" \/><param name=\"flashvars\" value=\"videoId=1529929529001&amp;linkBaseURL=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.space.com%2F15037-super-moon-return-2012-video.html&amp;playerID=1403109806001&amp;playerKey=AQ~~,AAAAAFR6xVM~,85KKOZyvPf6qwFANvqEzo9EFltY58YnJ&amp;domain=embed&amp;dynamicStreaming=true\" \/><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"swliveconnect\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"pluginspage\" value=\"http:\/\/www.macromedia.com\/shockwave\/download\/index.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash\" \/><\/object><br \/>\nOn Saturday, May 5, at 11:35 p.m. EDT\u00a0the moon will be 8,000 miles closer than it\u2019s average distance to the earth and will appear 30% brighter and 14% bigger. This supermoon coincides with the Eta Aquarid meteor shower from Halley\u2019s comet.<br \/>\nThe best time to view the moon will be the early evening, just after the moon rises.<br \/>\nThe best time to view the meteor shower is late Saturday and early Sunday.<br \/>\nLater in the month, on May 20 there will be an annular eclipse.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/http:\/\/www.space.com\/15542-supermoon-meteors-solar-eclipse.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Learn more here.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Saturday, May 5, at 11:35 p.m. EDT\u00a0the moon will be 8,000 miles closer than it\u2019s average distance to the earth and will appear 30% brighter and 14% bigger. This supermoon coincides with the Eta Aquarid meteor shower from Halley\u2019s comet. 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