IF you think the enormous tsunami in Japan was an epic disaster, just wait until tomorrow, March 19. The moon will be the closest it has been to the earth since 1983 on that night, and it will trigger all manner of natural disasters.
At least that is what one “astrologer” has to say. The Catholic Church condemns such practices.
Richard Nolle, a self-professed “astrologer” who runs the Web site astropro.com, has termed the upcoming full moon at lunar perigee, or the closest approach during its orbit, an “extreme supermoon.”
When the moon goes super-extreme, Nolle warns, chaos will ensue. Huge storms, earthquakes, volcanoes and other natural disasters can be expected to wreak havoc on Earth close to that date.
It should be stressed, however, that astrology is not a real science, but merely makes connections between astronomical and mystical events.
The moon will come up to the Earth more closely than it has in the past 18 years, lighting up the night sky from just 221,567 miles away. On top of that, it will be full.
Scientists have studied related scenarios for many years. Even under normal conditions, the moon is close enough to Earth to make its weighty presence felt: It causes the ebb and flow of the ocean tides.
The moon’s gravity can even cause small but measurable ebbs and flows in the continents, called “land tides” or “solid Earth tides,” too.
The tides are greatest during full and new moons, when the sun and moon are aligned either on the same or opposite sides of the Earth.  ( FOX News, DALLAS/ CATH News, Philippines)