A SUPERMOON is a coincidence of a full moon with closest
approach the moon makes to the earth on its elliptical orbit resulting in the
largest apparent size of the lunar disk as seen from earth.
“Supermoon” isn’t actually an astronomic word but it makes
the phenomenon visually clearer than thousands of words. When this happens …
the moon becomes full at 14:52 but it can be found under the horizon. The moon
rises at 17:18, when the sky is still dark.
This video was made by NASA.
On 14
November 2016, the supermoon was 356,511 kilometres away from the centre of the
earth. The next supermoon will be on 25 November 2034.
