An Extraordinary Sight
The supermoon will look especially big because it's so close
to Earth at the moment it reaches its fullest point. Share this sight with
someone special, because we won't see a supermoon this close until 2034.
About the Super moon
NASA/Bill Ingalls
The moon is a familiar sight in our sky, brightening dark
nights and reminding us of space exploration, past and present. But the
upcoming super moon—on Monday, Nov. 14—will be especially ‘super’ since it’s the
closest full moon to Earth since 1948. We won’t see another super moon like
this until 2034.
The moon’s orbit around the Earth is slightly elliptical, so
sometimes the moon is closer and sometimes it’s farther away. When the moon is
full as it makes its closest pass to Earth it is known as a super moon. At pedigree—the
point at which the moon is closest to Earth—the moon can be as much as 14 per
cent closer to Earth than at apogee, when the moon is farthest from our planet.
The full moon appears that much larger in diameter and 30 per cent brighter.
The biggest and brightest moon for observers in the United States will be on
Monday morning just before dawn.
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