Here comes the “super moon”

No wonder Pete Gluszek is seeing low tide structure that he's never seen before. With a Google search I've learned that this August full moon that arrives Sunday night will be closer to the earth than the moon has been in 20 years.

 

The scientific name is "perigee moon." There is usually only one every 13 months, but this will be the second of three "super moon" months in a row. And this won't happen again until 2034. It's estimated this full moon will appear 14 percent bigger and 30 percent brighter than usual.

 

Apparently, it's producing a low tide that is 14 to 30 percent lower than usual.

 

As for Mike Iaconelli, he's made several short moves on the western (Pennsylvania) bank where he caught the last three fish that filled his limit. But he hasn't landed one since. Maybe this flurry is over.