See Yahoo! News, Michael Jackson mourned by Taylor, other celebs,

     …A vivid orange moon, a mark of the devastating wildfire about 10 miles distant, hung over the cemetery. …

     “Thriller, in the night…”

     See MSNBC, Saturday night special: Biggest full moon of ‘09: Moon will be nearly full, rising earlier Friday night and later Sunday night, from a little while back but still exciting,

     If skies are clear Saturday, go out at sunset and look for the giant moon rising in the east. It will be the biggest and brightest one of 2009, sure to wow even seasoned observers. …
     It will appear about 14 percent bigger in our sky and 30 percent brighter than some other full moons during 2009, according to NASA. (A similar setup occurred in December, making that month’s full moon the largest of 2008.) …
     A full moon rises right around sunset, no matter where you are. That’s because of the celestial mechanics that produce a full moon: The moon and the sun are on opposite sides of the Earth, so that sunlight hits the full face of the moon and bounces back to our eyes.
     At moonrise, the moon will appear even larger than it will later in the night when it’s higher in the sky. This is an illusion that scientists can’t fully explain. Some think it has to do with our perception of things on the horizon vs. stuff overhead. …

More lunacy
     If you have other plans for Saturday night, take heart: You can see all this on each night surrounding the full moon, too, because the moon will be nearly full, rising earlier Friday night and later Sunday night. …

     All this continuing the tradition of our earlier posts Stars are right for Obama’s New Year, Moon forms giant “O” for Obama, and Moon, Jupiter and Venus conjoin to amuse us…and fete Obama??. Stay tuned, there may be photos…