On March 19 the moon will be closest to the earth & will be looking Bigger, may be 16 percent larger which would be a spectacular scene after 18 years.
Moon goes round the earth in an elliptic orbit and that makes it come closer to the blue planet, the closest point being termed as the perigee, M P Birla Planetarium director D P Duari said.
The average distance between the moon and the earth is around 3, 84,440 kms."But at the perigee, the distance can be close to around 3, 57,000 km,"he said.
Rubbishing speculations that the closeness of the moon will lead to severe storms, earthquakes, volcanoes and natural disasters, the planetarium director said, "Given the decrease in the distance, which is imperceptibly small, it is believed that there is nothing to fear about the moon coming closer.
Source: The Hindu
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