Here is something to entertain you all on Saturday night. You might even see heavenly :Angel2:or might fly

Taken from Sofia Echo

[size=150:3td9tgo5]Super Moon looming over Bulgaria on March 19
If you like gazing at the Moon, have a pair of strong binoculars or even better, a portable telescope, you might want to spend an hour or so in one of the city's parks and glance at the night sky on Saturday night (March 19).

Alternatively, if you a fatalist, or a doom-merchant, make sure to find a sound bunker, stock up on provisions and pray to your Pagan Gods because the end of the world is just around the corner.

Then again, this might be your lucky day, so a lottery ticket could potentially go a long way. Sounds like a bizarre Saturday night already?

According to astronomers, this coming March 19 2011, the moon will be at its closest point to our planet earth for 19 years - a mere 356 577 kilometres away, a phenomenon referred to as a "
Super Moon"
.

On average, the moon is about 378 195 km away. At its furthest it is nearly 400 000 km away. During a lunar perigee and full moon, however, the lunar surface can appear up to 14 per cent bigger and 30 per cent brighter than any other full moon.

This phenomenon, which is the opposite of a "
lunar apogee"
, when the Moon is furthest from Earth, will be visible in the Bulgarian night sky, weather permitting of course.

According to Bulgarian weather forecasts, Sofia's night sky on March 19 will be one of "
sporadic cloud cover"
with temperatures between 5C and 11C, so the event should be visible to the naked eye at least for a while.

Inevitably, however, the phenomenon will bring all doom merchants out of the woodwork, telling you fascinating stories about the end of the world and Judgment Day, saying it would have severe effect on Earth's climate patterns and may even cause further earthquakes and severe volcanic activity.

Previous Super Moons took place in 1955, 1974, 1992 and 2005 - all years that had extreme weather events, the conspiracy theorists say.

For Bulgaria, however, the worst that could happen is for Strouma Motorway's launch to be postponed for another year or for Pernik to be proclaimed a province of Serbia

This is ok if your in Bulgaria at the time and the sky is clear and that's if its true ? but I suspect it maybe some sort of junk from the media

[size=55:1ldzra08]Sofia echo

Telescope scramble: Super Moon over Bulgaria this evening

If you don't see, it won't hurt you. That maxim has never quite made sense, but at least the doom merchants in Bulgaria, if any, will be able to sleep well tonight.

Bulgaria, along with the rest of the world, is expecting the Super Moon phenomenon on March 19 2011, when our loyal satellite will be at its closest point to our planet earth for 19 years - a mere 356 577 kilometres away, a phenomenon referred to as a "
Super Moon"
.

On average, the moon is about 378 195 km away. At its furthest it is nearly 400 000 km away. During a lunar perigee and full moon, however, the lunar surface can appear up to 14 per cent bigger and 30 per cent brighter than any other full moon.

This phenomenon, which is the opposite of a "
lunar apogee"
, when the Moon is furthest from Earth, will be visible in the Bulgarian night sky - weather permitting, of course.

The phenomenon will be a fascinating sight, but as far as Bulgaria is concerned, unfortunately it might go unseen. The weather forecast for March 19 is one of heavy cloud cover and rain, with temperatures, for Sofia, of between 4 and 9C.

Most of the country will be shrouded in cloud, but if you live in Blagoevgrad in the south-west, or near Silistra in the north-east, you might have a better chance, as those places will be mainly cloudless.

complete cloud cover here ..so could not see it ...i remember seeing it before thou in london driving over a fly over...one really did feel as if one could reach out and touch it...it was a fantastic sight

Your not on your own varnagirl I didn't see it either

I did not see it either but I have gone a little mad

Fletch wrote:

I did not see it either but I have gone a little mad

Aren't we all

It was astounding. A very red colour and huge. Unfortunately, I was out without my digi-cam