美国有线新闻 CNN 罕见的满月于13号星期五出现

 

It's a full moon and a harvest moon and a micromoon and a Friday the 13th moon. If you see the moon tonight, you're seeing an example of how Friday's are awesome¹. Here's what's happening. The entire circular disk of the moon will be lit up tonight, making it a full moon. And because it's the full moon that occurs closest to the autumnal equinox — the first day of fall — that makes it a harvest moon. But here's where things get a-moon-sing.

The moon is also in apogee², it's farthest point away from earth. So scientists say it'll appear smaller than a full moon normally does.

That makes it what they call a micro moon. And this is all happening on Friday the 13th, so the date makes this a super-rare full harvest micromoon. How rare? Affiliate³ KNWA says the last time a full moon was in apogee on this date was in 1832, and the next time all this will happen is in the year 2524. So you moon-eyed moon gazers should try to get a glimpse of our nearest natural satellite tonight because you're going to have a wait a long time to see it again.

1 awesome   

adj.令人惊叹的，难得吓人的，很好的

参考例句：

• The church in Ireland has always exercised an awesome power.爱尔兰的教堂一直掌握着令人敬畏的权力。
• That new white convertible is totally awesome.那辆新的白色折篷汽车简直棒极了.

2 apogee   

n.远地点；极点；顶点

参考例句：

• The orbit of the artificial satellite has an apogee of 200 miles from the earth.这个人造卫星的轨道，其最远点在离地球200英里的地方。
• Apogean tides occur when the moon is at the apogee of its orbit.远月潮在月球位于其轨道的最远点时发生。

3 affiliate   

vt.使隶(附)属于；n.附属机构，分公司

参考例句：

• Our New York company has an affiliate in Los Angeles.我们的纽约公司在洛杉矶有一个下属企业。
• What is the difference between affiliate and regular membership?固定会员和附属会员之间的区别是什么？