By mid-November, Chicago's World Series afterglow will have faded and the hotly contested presidential election will be done and dusted, but North Americans will have one more "once in a lifetime event" to look forward to: The biggest, most spectacular supermoon in decades.
On November 14, skywatchers will be rewarded with a lunar close-up, the result of a coincidence between the moon's elliptical orbit and the position of the Earth and Sun.
A "supermoon" is the colloquial term for when a full moon coincides with the moon's closest approach to Earth, known as perigee.
Supermoon, Black Moon, the Cubs winning the World Series...the signs are upon us. The end is nigh.
(Score: 4, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday November 08 2016, @01:58PM
I'm afraid it violates the AU-USSA-SA-TIPPA treaty of 2017 to send information into the past.
But consider the two options:
If HM Hillary wins should you head for the hills?
If Sir Donald wins should you head for the hills?
If the answer to both is yes, then heading for the hills now gets you a headstart on everyone else who will have headed for the hills yesterday.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday November 08 2016, @05:23PM
Of course you would head for the hills if Hillary wins. If Donald wins, you would head for the Don. [wikipedia.org] :-)