The website reads: “The farthest point in this ellipse is called the apogee and is about 253,000 miles (405,500 kilometers) from Earth on average.Ĭovid vaccines are not linked to excess deaths, despite what the anti-vaxxers believe 16 May, 2023 When summer 2023 starts and the meaning behind the longest day of the year 15 May, 2023 Opinion | Science is being suffocated by fake research, and it's getting worse 11 May, 2023 Why are they also called ‘Sturgeon Moons’?Īccording to Live Science, it is believed to be connected to how many fish were caught during this particularly bright moon.
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Nasa says: “The term “supermoon” was coined in 1979 and is often used to describe what astronomers would call a perigean ( pear-ih-jee-un) full moon: a full moon occurring near or at the time when the Moon is at the closest point in its orbit around Earth.”
She adds that when the Moon is the middle of the sky “there are no points of comparison, which makes it seem smaller.”Īlso, when a lunar eclipse occurs on the same night as a supermoon ‐ a rare occurrence ‐ the moon looks red and is knowns as a “super blood moon”, such as the one seen on 16 May this year.
Professor Russell explains that the moon’s position near the horizon where there are trees and buildings that it can be compared to in size may have something to do with it. The reason for this is that as the Moon is closer more of the Sun’s rays that are reflecting off the moon’s surface make it to Earth.Īnd as for its size, when the supermoon rises and sets on the horizon it looks bigger but this is down to what is called the “moon illusion”.
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