{"id":3430,"date":"2012-05-03T12:30:30","date_gmt":"2012-05-03T10:30:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sunsetbeachclub.com\/blog\/?p=3430"},"modified":"2012-05-03T12:30:30","modified_gmt":"2012-05-03T10:30:30","slug":"don%e2%80%99t-miss-the-super-moon-this-weekend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sunsetbeachclub.com\/blog\/holiday-tips\/don%e2%80%99t-miss-the-super-moon-this-weekend\/","title":{"rendered":"Don\u2019t Miss the &#8216;Super Moon&#8217; this Weekend!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"float: right; margin-left: 10px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" class=\"twitter-share-button\" data-via=\"sunsetbeachclub\" data-count=\"vertical\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.sunsetbeachclub.com\/blog\/holiday-tips\/don%e2%80%99t-miss-the-super-moon-this-weekend\/\">Tweet<\/a><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sunsetbeachclub.com\/blog\/holiday-tips\/don%e2%80%99t-miss-the-super-moon-this-weekend\/attachment\/super-moon\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3432\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-3432\" title=\"Super Moon\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sunsetbeachclub.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Super-Moon.jpg\" alt=\"Super Moon 2012\" width=\"200\" height=\"320\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sunsetbeachclub.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Super-Moon.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.sunsetbeachclub.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Super-Moon-187x300.jpg 187w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a>This weekend we\u2019ll have the chance to witness a phenomenon known as a \u2018Super Moon\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>Super Moons are larger and brighter than usual and are caused by the shape of the Moon\u2019s orbit which is actually an ellipse, or oval, shape. The Moon orbits our planet once each month and during this time reaches a point farthest from the Earth (an apogee) and a point closest to the Earth (a perigee); the latter is what we will experience this Saturday the 5<sup>th<\/sup> May 2012.<\/p>\n<p>This will be the biggest full moon of the year \u2013 about 16% brighter than average \u2013 and will create larger than normal tides. Apparently, at perigee, the moon exerts approximately 42% more tidal force than when it\u2019s at apogee!<\/p>\n<p>Experts say that the best way to view this weekend\u2019s Super Moon \u2013 the one that will get the best effect \u2013 is to look out for it just after it rises, when it\u2019s close to the horizon. If you can manage to get the moon behind buildings or trees, an optical illusion will make it look even bigger!<\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019re staying with us at <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sunsetbeachclub.com\" target=\"_blank\">Sunset Beach Club<\/a>, <\/span>we recommend you grab a spot on the terrace of our Panorama Bar or head down to the promenade and watch the \u2018Super Moon\u2019 from there. Don\u2019t forget to take some photos and post them on our <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SunsetBeachClub\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook Page<\/a><\/span>\u00a0\ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n<p>Foto Credit: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/picturekat\/5549279904\/\" target=\"_blank\">PictureKat<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tweet This weekend we\u2019ll have the chance to witness a phenomenon known as a \u2018Super Moon\u2019. Super Moons are larger and brighter than usual and are caused by the shape of the Moon\u2019s orbit which is actually an ellipse, or oval, shape. The Moon orbits our planet once each month and during this time reaches [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[531],"tags":[292,1569],"class_list":["post-3430","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-holiday-tips","tag-sunset-beach-club","tag-super-moon-2012"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sunsetbeachclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3430"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sunsetbeachclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sunsetbeachclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sunsetbeachclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sunsetbeachclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3430"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.sunsetbeachclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3430\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3437,"href":"https:\/\/www.sunsetbeachclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3430\/revisions\/3437"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sunsetbeachclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3430"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sunsetbeachclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3430"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sunsetbeachclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3430"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}