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Bookmark or Share- Supermoon - WikipediaA supermoon is a full moon or a new moon that nearly coincides with perigee—the closest that the Moon comes to the Earth in its orbit—resulting in a slightly larger-than-usual apparent size of the lunar disk as viewed from Earth. [1]
- Supermoon / Super Moon - Why and When? - timeanddate.comWhat Is a Supermoon and When Is the Next One? By Vigdis Hocken and Aparna Kher. When the Full Moon or New Moon occurs near the Moon's closest approach to Earth, its perigee, it is often called a Supermoon.
- Supermoons - NASA ScienceA “supermoon” occurs when a full moon coincides with the Moon’s closest approach to Earth in its elliptical orbit, a point known as perigee. During every 27-day orbit around Earth, the Moon reaches both its perigee, about 226,000 miles (363,300 km) from Earth, and its farthest point, or apogee, about 251,000 miles (405,500 km) from Earth.
- What is a Supermoon? - NASA ScienceA supermoon occurs when the Moon’s orbit is closest (perigee) to Earth at the same time the Moon is full. So what's so special about a supermoon? For the interested observer, there's plenty to see and learn.
- What’s a supermoon? The last one for 2024 is coming - EarthSkyWhat’s a supermoon? 2024 has a lot of supermoons! There were five new supermoons earlier this year, and now we have four full supermoons in a row. So … what’s a supermoon? New moon happens when...
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