7 Facts we need to know about the SuperMoon

But as scheduled, another SuperMoon is meant to happen on March 19, 2011. Astrologer Richard Nolle, who created the word SUPERMOON 30 years ago, charted in the year 2000 the schedules of the full moon and possible dates of the SuperMoon. As recorded since the year 2000, a SuperMoon occurred in the following dates:

1. January 10, 2005, where in a tsunami in the Indian Ocean occurred in December 26, 2004 with a magnitude of 9.0

2. December 12, 2008 wherein an earthquake of 7.7 magnitude occurred in Jakarta, Indonesia in November 17, 2008 with tsunami warnings.

3. January 20, 2010 wherein the Haiti earthquake with a magnitude of 7.0 occurred in January 12, 2010.

Another SuperMoon is set to happen on March 19, 2011, which is why speculations have been made that the SuperMoon must have made these tsunamis and earthquakes into reality.

I have been reading publications and articles for the past weeks regarding the SuperMoon to educate myself because the natural disasters has become disturbing for me. A lot of tweets lately are about the end of the world since it is all Biblical. Being a religious person, I do believe that the Revelation and the messages of Our Lady of Fatima are all coming to reality, but looking at the scientific side of all these issues is not out of my options. So these are the facts that I have found:

1. Astronomers calls SUPERMOON as Perigee-Syzygy, wherein the Sun, Earth and Moon are in line. This normally happens in every new moon or full moon. Perigee-Syzygy means that the moon is at 90% of its closest to the Earth’s orbit.

2. There are 4-6 SuperMoons in a year on an average. Only that, this year, the March 19, 2011 SuperMoon is the closest to the earth. This would be around 100% or greater in its perigee.

*(Full Moon) Photo above courtesy of NASA/JPL

3. March 19, 2011 is the second SuperMoon that occurred this year. There was a SuperMoon in effect last February 12-21, 2011, which some says the reason why the earthquake in New Zealand occured.

4. SuperMoons have close association with extreme tidal forces, the atmosphere, crust and oceans of our home planet – including ourselves, of course. (which is probably why “lunacy” in a folklore is associated with full moon).

5. Within three days either way of the exact syzygy, as a general rule, extreme coastal tides to severe storms to powerful earthquakes and volcanic eruptions may occur as an effect of the SuperMoon alignment.

6. Other examples of the SuperMoon in connection with major storms and seismic events abound which occurred years ago:

a. June 15, 1991 Mt. Pinatubo eruption, the largest volcanic event in the second half of the 20th Century (within three days of a SuperMoon)

Photo courtesy of U.S. Geological Survey

b. October 6, 1948 Richter 7.3 earthquake that struck Ashgabat, Turkmenistan (within three days of a SuperMoon, allowing for time zones);

c. September 8, 1900 hurricane and tidal surge that struck Galveston, Texas on the day of a SuperMoon

d. February 27, 2010 8.8-magnitude earthquake in Chile, a Pacific tsunami, the “snow hurricane” in the Northeastern US, and hurricane-force killer winds in France – all happening at once on February 27. (SuperMoon on February 28, 2010)

e. New England hurricane in 1938 and the Australian Hunter Valley floods in 1955 happened during the exact day of the SuperMoon.

7. Financial analysts are looking into the SuperMoon as a link in the financial market. I am not sure if financial analysts are meant to be superstitious but according to CNBC’s Fast Money, financial analysts should look into the occurrence of SuperMoons as this has an effect in the financial market. The SuperMoon could definitely rock the global market.

So shall we say that the SuperMoon is a coincidence or really the reason why disasters do occur? The 7 facts that I have given are facts written and documented. The disasters really did occurred either during a SuperMoon or days before a SuperMoon. But through the researches that I have done by the time I am writing this, there is NO SCIENTIFIC EXPLANATION OR RELATIONSHIP why disasters do happen during or days before a SuperMoon. Nothing to worry as of now. I am not a scientist. I am nurse and a blogger. Maybe scientists should look into this if they really want to know if there is a relationship behind these facts. They said NO ONE CAN PREDICT natural disaster, but maybe this could be a link to help us all informed and be guided.

As of the moment, we should not worry. We just have to trust God and pray that these disasters would end. And guess what, I know it’s not sometimes lucky for Chinese people (depending on your sign) to look at a full moon but I will definitely look at the moon on March 19, 2011. The next supermoon will be on November 14, 2016 then in 2018 and in 2034. Yes, I don’t want to miss a thing! (No, not Armageddon but “Moonageddon”!)

*Moonageddon is a term used by astrologers, coinciding with enormous storms, earthquakes and floods

(Photo at the top left: An enhanced image of the Moon taken with the NOAO Mosaic CCD camera using two NSF telescopes at Kitt Peak National Observatory. The Moon is superimposed on a separate image of the sky. Credit: NOAO/AURA/NSF)