When during the year is the moon at its brightest

Subject: When during the year is the moon at its brightest

Date: Wed Mar 19 11:58:03 2003
Posted by Roger Hocking
Grade level: grad (science) School: No school entered.
City: exeter State/Province: devon Country: england
Area of science: Astronomy
ID: 1048093083.As

Message:


The current full moon appears quite bright. Is the moon at its brightest(well 
reflects most light) at full moon nearest mid summer or mid winter? I am 
assumming that the full moon rises higher in winter than summer (opposite to 
sun)so a winter full moon would be brighter?  Roger

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