Eclipse Viewing Party 8-18 to 8-21-17

[DaFace]

Originally Posted by displacedinMN

I should have explained myself a little bit better. Berkland claims that when the moon is closer to the Earth, its gravitational pull increases and makes the plates of the earth move or slide faster than at other times. I am not sure right now how close the moon would be to the Earth at that point or if there is any difference at all. If the moon would be a little bit closer on that day then there could be a slight chance increase for earthquakes.

And if anybody just looking for a great way to look at the sky to program stellarium is a great program.. Sometimes it's free

Yeah, there can be some truth to the idea that the moon's gravitational pull can have an influence. It's just that there's not really much of a correlation between the moon's distance to earth and an eclipse (though technically it's closer during total eclipses than it is in annular eclipses). It's closer today than it will be on Monday, and it was far closer back in May than it is today.

https://www.timeanddate.com/astronom.../distance.html