Welcome, Supermoon (Perigee-Syzygy) sa Elbi, Mabuhay!

Nag-aagaw ang liwanag at dilim kaninang dapithapon sa may UPLB habang papunta kami sa may groserya. Tumambad kay Marcus ang imahe ng pagkalakilaking buwan. "Wow, moon... Lipad tayo dun!," anang 4-year old na bata. Hindi pa batid ng paslit na Supermoon na pala iyon.

May tatlong ideya rito hinggil sa Supermoon.

Unang ideya:

SA EMPIRE STATE BUILDING OF THE HEART
Report ng Associated Press o AP mulang West Orange, New Jersey
Nailathala sa Inquirer Lifestyle

NEW YORK – The biggest and brightest full moon of the year arrives Saturday night as our celestial neighbor passes closer to Earth than usual.

But don’t expect any “must-have-been-a-full-moon” spike in crime or crazy behavior. That’s just folklore.

Saturday’s event is a “supermoon,” the closest and therefore the biggest and brightest full moon of the year. At 11:34 p.m., the moon will be about 221,802 miles from Earth.

That’s about 15,300 miles closer than average.

That proximity will make the moon appear about 14 percent bigger than it would if the moon were at its farthest distance, said Geoff Chester of the US Naval Observatory. The difference in appearance is so small that “you’d be very hard-pressed to detect that with the unaided eye,” he said.

The moon’s distance from Earth varies because it follows an elliptical orbit rather than a circular one...

Ikalawang ideya:

NAKATATAKOT ANG SUPERSTITION NA IKINAKABIT DITO

Pakahulugan ng Wikipedia

A "supermoon" is the coincidence of a full moon (or a new moon) with the closest approach the Moon makes to the Earth on its elliptical orbit, or perigee, leading to the technical name for a supermoon of the perigee-syzygy of the Earth-Moon-Sun system. The association of the Moon with both oceanic and crustal tides has led to claims that the supermoon phenomenon may be associated with increased risk of events such as earthquakes and volcanic eruptions. However, the evidence of such a link is widely held to be unconvincing.

Terminology. The name SuperMoon was coined by astrologer Richard Nolle in 1979, defined as:

...a new or full moon which occurs with the Moon at or near (within 90% of) its closest approach to Earth in a given orbit (perigee). In short, Earth, Moon and Sun are all in a line, with Moon in its nearest approach to Earth.

The term supermoon is not widely accepted or used within the astronomy or scientific community, who prefer the term perigee-syzygy. Perigee is the point at which the Moon is closest in its orbit to the Earth, and syzygy is afull or new moon, when the Earth, the Moon and the Sun are aligned. Hence, a supermoon can be regarded as a combination of the two, although they do not perfectly coincide each time. Syzygy may occur within a maximum of 12 hours from perigee during a supermoon, and 1 hour from perigee during an extreme supermoon.

Ikatlong ideya:

ITO ANG PINAKAGUSTO KO mula sa aking Facebook

Ayon sa Elevate FB: We have the biggest FULL MOON of the year arriving on May 5th, during the Celtic festival of Beltane and known as Wesak Moon which is an auspicious day that celebrates the birth, life and death of the Buddha and Christ Consciousness.

“This Scorpio Full Moon is also called the Wesak Moon, the most auspicious day in Buddhism, for it celebrates the birth, enlightenment and death of Buddha. In this energetic opposition between Taurus and Scorpio, we are all called to the great union with Nature and the heavens, celebrating the Divine within Nature and within ourselves. Like the Buddha, we are called to acknowledge the divine spirit in our human nature as we overcome and release the emotional demons that plague us and separate us from our spiritual inheritance…”

“This potent full Moon, which is also another superMoon, meaning it is close to the Earth and therefore exerts a stronger pull on us, calls us to give birth to the powerful destiny seeded within each of us. This is the year to do it and now is the time to let go of the fears and the demons that keep us caught up in the delusions of our patriarchal society. We can band together with like-minded people (Venus in Gemini) and create a life that is meaningful, creative and strong (Mars in Virgo).”

“This Taurus/Scorpio Full Moon asks us to become aware of the people and things we give the highest value to, and to look at the emotional trauma that keeps us apart. It’s time to question our values and beliefs about money, power, happiness and our connection to each other and to the Earth. There are powerful forces at work determined to keep the old system alive, regardless of how many people and places it destroys. But we are equally powerful, and the Cosmos is lending us energy to break-through our paralysis and stand up for our beliefs. “ - Cathy Lynn Pagano.

Kung may isa o dalawang oras din kaming namili sa groserya. Pag-uwi namin ay bigla na lamang nagtaka si Marcus: "Bakit nawala agad ang moon?!" Hindi ko na nasagot ang bata.

Kayo po, ano ang pakahulugan ninyo sa Supermoon? marc_guerrero@journalist.com +63 916 495 3335.