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curiousf
May 2, 2012, 12:24 PM
I heard that the largest moon of "our" lifetime will occur May 5, 2012. Ture? If so, what time is moonrise predicted?

ballengerb1
May 2, 2012, 12:27 PM
The moon stays the same size all of the time. What you are referring to is know as a moon illusion, it only appears bigger, kind of like a rising and setting sun. Super Moon of 2012 by Dennis Mammana on Creators.com - A Syndicate Of Talent (http://www.creators.com/lifestylefeatures/astronomy/stargazers.html)