What is so super about this week’s supermoon? Tomorrow, a full moon will occur that appears slightly larger and brighter than usual because the Moon’s fully illuminated phase occurs within a short time from perigee, the point where the Moon is closest to the Earth in its elliptical orbit. Since perigee actually occurs today, tonight’s sunset moonrise should be impressive.
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It was so bright last night that I thought is must be dawn & time to get up. I checked the clock…12:30 am.
You get extra points for the MST3K picture! .
You beat me to the punch Dave.
This post perfectly sums up the difference in excitement levels between astronomy nuts and the rest of us:
“There’s going to be a supermoon this week!”
“What does that mean?”
“The moon will be SLIGHTLY larger and brighter than usual!”
We saw a big fat waxing gibbous last night – but will have heavy clouds tonight and next. Second Supermoon miss.