However, this record was later broken by Hurricane Rita. The hurricane subsequently weakened, and Katrina made its second landfall at 1110 UTC on August 29 as a Category 3 hurricane with sustained winds of 125 mph (200 km/h) near Buras-Triumph, Louisiana.he storm surge also devastated the coasts of Mississippi and Alabama, making Katrina the most destructive and costliest natural disaster in the history of the United States, and the deadliest hurricane since the 1928 Okeechobee Hurricane. The total damage from Katrina is estimated at $108 billion (2005 U.S. dollars).
The Current Moon Phase for July 7th is Waxing Gibbous. Posted by Mistress of the Myst. The Moon today is in a Waxing Gibbous phase. This phase is when the moon is more than 50% illuminated but not yet a Full Moon. The phase lasts round 7 days with the moon becoming more illuminated each day until the Full Moon.
The Phases of the Moon. Half of the Moonâs surface is always illuminated by sunlight. However, just how much of that light we can see from our point of view on Earth varies every day and this is what we refer to as a Moon phase. The 7 visible Moon phases. The 7 visible Moon phases are pictured here. The New Moon cannot be seen from Earth. Â©bigstockphoto.com/Kagenmi. Sun Lights Up the Moon. The Moon does not radiate its own light, but the Moon's surface reflects the Sunâs rays. Primary and Intermediate Phases. In Western Culture, we divide the lunar month into 4 primary and 4 intermediate Moon phases. Technically, the primary Moon phases occur at a specific moment in time, and the intermediate Moon phases take up the time in between. Opposite phases on the far side of the Moon. New Moon