Supermoon Sunday today

[Blacklab]

Apparently it's Supermoon Sunday today!

At 4.00am on Sunday it became a perigee full moon, the official term used by astronomers. The term 'supermoon' was instead first coined by astrologer Richard Nolle in 1979. According to NASA, a full moon at perigee appears up to 14 per cent larger and 30 per cent brighter than one at its furthest point away from the planet.

At its highest point in the sky, the moon is visible as a ‘normal’ shape and size. However when the moon travels lower it appears bigger, and at its lowest we see a supermoon. There are usually between four and six of these throughout the year, but Sunday morning's was the biggest of the calendar as it is the closest encounter with earth.

Lots of very pretty moon photos being uploaded all over the place:

• http://abclocal.go.com/wpvi/gallery?section=weather&id=9148848&photo=1
• http://earthsky.org/space/see-the-supermoon-awesome-photos-of-the-june-2013-full-moon
• http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/supermoon-sunday-world-takes-to-twitter-to-capture-the-phenomenon-8669590.html
• http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/gallery/2013/jun/23/supermoon-elliptical-orbit-world-in-pictures#/?picture=411392138&index=0
• http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2012/05/pictures/120507-best-supermoon-pictures-full-moon-biggest-year-space-science/#/supermoon-lunar-perigee-seen-may-2012-space-needle_52639_600x450.jpg

[nat_smart]

Superpalemoon i use every day

[Moonchild]

The "supermoon" happens every year, pretty much, and as far as they go, this year's had a lot of publicity but isn't all that special
The one in 2016 will be more interesting, after that we'll have to wait until 2034 for one even closer.

[Night Wing]

Some nice photos in those links.

[lyceus]

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrrrrroooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo..... *cough cough cough*

Well someone should do that, doesn't? After all I am wolf.