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Will you be out tonight looking for the super moon?
The "super moon", more accurately known as the "perigee full moon", happens when the time of the full moon corresponds pretty closely to the time of perigee, the Moon's closest approach to the Earth. The Moon's orbit isn't circular; no natural orbits are circular. All orbits are elliptical, sort of oval. The full moon happens at perigee - or pretty close - every year. This year, the Moon is almost exactly at perigee for the August full moon, but is just before perigee for July, and just after perigee in September. So each of these full moons will be larger than average. The perigee full moon looks about 11% larger than an apogee (farthest from Earth) full moon. It won't really be "super"; that's the fluff-headed news reporters who know nothing about science. But it'll be pretty. Go outside and look east just at sunset.
How often does a super moon happen?
They occur about once a year. Called perigee-syzygy or perigee moons by the astronomical community, they occur when a full or new moon (syzygy) is closest in its orbit to the earth (perigee), when the sun, earth and moon are aligned.
What is the definition of a supermoon?
"Supermoon" is the recent hyperbole term for the perigee full moon. The Moon's orbit around the Earth is an ellipse; all orbits are ellipses. When the full moon happens at or around the time of perigee (closest point of approach to the Earth), the Moon appears to be about 10% bigger and brighter than it would appear when the full moon is at apogee (farthest point from the Earth). Perigee full moons happen every year, so the term "supermoon" is silly.
What time is full moon on march 19th 2011 in westport ct?
All night. The proper term is "perigee full moon" , and it happens every 15 years or so when the full moon happens to coincide with the Moon's "perigee", or closest point of approach to the Earth. This one isn't anything particularly special.
What time is the super moon in south Africa?
All night. The proper term is "perigee full moon" , and it happens every 15 years or so when the full moon happens to coincide with the Moon's "perigee", or closest point of approach to the Earth. This one isn't anything particularly special.
Why super moon to close the earth?
There was nothing all that special about the "super moon"; the Moon gets that close to Earth EVERY month. The catch is that when the Moon is closest to the Earth - perigee - is rarely precisely at the time of the full moon. That combination of a full moon just at perigee only happens every 28 years or so.
What is a supermoon?
A 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 elliptic orbit—resulting in a slightly larger-than-usual apparent size of the lunar disk as viewed from Earth. The technical name is a perigee syzygy or a full Moon around perigee.
What was the moon phase for 010809?
Waxing Gibbous. The Moon will be full this weekend, and will appear larger than usual, because the full moon coincides with perigee, the Moon's closest approach to Earth.
What exactly does perigee mean?
Perigee relates to the orbit of the moon. For example, perigee is defined as the moment when the moon is orbiting "closest" to the Earth. Apogee, the opposite of perigee, is when the moon is orbiting "farthest" away from the Earth.
Give you a sentence for perigee?
The astronomers were looking forward to the moon being at perigee. Now that the moon was at perigee, it was an ideal time to study it.
What is the real name of the super moon?
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Will moon be at apogee or perigee on December 21 2010?
In December of 2010, the moon reaches apogee at 09 GMT on the 13th, and perigee at 12 GMT on the 25th.
