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New moon closest since Middle Ages

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As the title states closest to earth since the Middle Ages .
https://www.timeanddate.com/news/astron ... -moon-2023
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Interesting - I thought the waning crescent looked pretty big yesterday! :)

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Thanks for posting Interesting
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thx .
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I just came in from looking at it with the Mak, certainly nice and sharp.
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