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Supermoon v.2.0 | Another One?

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In case you missed it last month…

How I See It

Maybe you were one of the fortunate ones last month to see the July Supermoon. My blog post explained quite a bit about it. There were news stories, images, and streaming webcams covering it. It was hyped as a big deal. For some of us, it was.

Well, here we go again. There is another even bigger Supermoon this month on August 10. It will be the biggest perigee full-moon of 2014.

Mark your calendar. Watch for it in an evening sky near you.

Science @ NASA

PS: There is yet another coming in September. You will have another chance if your skies are cloudy.

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Supermoon | Just An Illusion?

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How I See It

It’s time again for the Supermoon. This post is for those who will have clear skies on the evening of July 11 or 12 and want to see the Moon closer and bigger than normal. Full moon is actually at about sunrise on July 12 when it is setting in the west for those of us in the U.S. Most people don’t notice it setting full. The view of it at evening moonrise, before or after full, will appear almost exactly as it does at moonset the morning of full.

First, a little sciency stuff. This won’t hurt a bit.

  • The Moon takes about a month to orbit Earth.
  • The Moon’s orbit is not a circle around Earth. It is a bit oval-shaped.
  • During the closest part of the orbit it is called Perigee.
  • During the farthest part of the orbit it is called Apogee.
  • Closer things look bigger and farther things look smaller.
  • The…

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