B1 a âverb, such as can, might, and must, that is used with another âverb to âexpress an âidea such as âpossibility that is not âexpressed by the âmain âverb of a âsentence: The first âverb in the âfollowing âsentence is a modal: We ought to âpay the âgas âbill. More examples.
Whatâs more, this November 14, 2016 full moon will showcase the moon at its closest point to Earth thus far in the 21st century (2001 to 2100), and the moon wonât come this close again until the full moon of November 25, 2034.
The Moon, photographed with a digital camera through a telescope by Timothy Ferris (from Seeing in the Dark). The closest object to us is the Moon. Its average distance is about 240,000 miles, so light from the Moon takes (240,000 miles divided by 186.000) 1 and 1/3 seconds to get from the Moon to Earth.