Site statistics

34519 facts from 176 countries related to 1179 phenomena have been registered in Archive. 2800 of them were solved, another 10674 are under verification for compliance with one of the 319 versions.

7 facts have been added for last 24 hours.

Share your story

You are in "News" section

This section accumulates world news published in the media and concerning facts, phenomena and/or versions.

Don't miss tonight: full moon and star rain

Added	Tue, 13/12/2016
Источники	gismeteo.ru
Дата публикации	Tue, 13/12/2016
Версии	The heavenly bodies

The third and final supermoon will happen today in the night from 13 to 14 December. The peak of the full moon will take place at 3:05 at Moscow on 14 December, but the Moon will appear full to casual observers and the following night.

The December full moon falls on the same night that the peak meteor shower of Geminid, but the night promises good conditions for watching meteors. The light of the full moon will reduce the visibility of flow 5-10 times, according to NASA. In such circumstances, observers will be able to see 12 meteors per hour.

Translated by «Yandex.Translator»