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Tournaments => B.A.S.S. => Topic started by: djkimmel on March 17, 2011, 12:35:33 PM
B.A.S.S. News
Supermoon could affect the fish and the fishermen during Bassmaster Elite Series Power-Pole Citrus Slam (http://www.greatlakesbass.com/tournaments/index.php/2011/03/17/supermoon-could-affect-the-fish)
PALATKA, Fla. — The March 19 "supermoon" will look bigger than other full moons, and it could play big in the March 17-20 Bassmaster Elite Series event on the St. Johns River.
According to astronomers at earthsky.org (http://earthsky.org/tonight/high-tide-alert-closest-full-moon-of-2011-on-march-19), a supermoon is a full moon that falls on the same date as perigee within a lunar month. Perigee is the closest point to Earth in the moon's elliptical orbit. The orbit varies somewhat, so some lunar perigees are closer than others to earth, and the March 19 perigee is one of them.
Read full story on GreatLakesBass.com Tournament News (http://www.greatlakesbass.com/tournaments/index.php/2011/03/17/supermoon-could-affect-the-fish)