Wednesday, December 30, 2009

Cave's Sun and Moon Update - December 30, 2009

MOON UPDATE
Current Moon Phase
http://www.die.net/moon/


‘Once In A Blue Moon’ This New Year’s Eve


The blue moon has long been a subject of poetry and one of those phrases that is used without quite understanding the meaning, but its presence is a scientific marker for a rotating earth that runs by its own clock, ignoring man’s calendar.

This phenomenon will happen on Thursday, as the second full moon in a calendar month appears in the night sky, an occurrence called blue moon, reported MercuryNews.com

The last time it happened was in 2007, when sky gazers saw one full moon on June 1 and another one on June 30 of the same month. The first full moon this month occurred on December 2.

And only once in every 20 years, the blue moon appears on New Year’s Eve, as it is going to do this year. READ MORE



SUN UPDATE
http://sohowww.nascom.nasa.gov/sunspots/
http://solarcycle24.com/

Classification of Solar Flares

Magnetic fields trigger solar wind


Active Regions:
11039 11037


Dec 24-29 2009 Current Lasco C2



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