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The moon will appear slightly larger and brighter on Wednesday night during the closest supermoon of the year.
around the moon’s orbit Earth It is not a perfect circle, so as it rotates, it gets closer and farther away. The so-called supermoon occurs when the full Moon is closest to Earth in its orbit. According to NASA, the moon appears 14% larger and 30% brighter than the weakest moon of the year.
November’s supermoon is the second of three supermoons this year and also the closest: The moon will come within just 222,000 miles (357,000 kilometers) of Earth.
Lawrence Wasserman, an astronomer at Lowell Observatory, said the tides may be slightly higher during a supermoon because the moon is closer to Earth. But the difference is not very noticeable.
If the sky is clear, no special equipment is needed to view the supermoon. But changes in the Moon’s shape may be difficult to detect with the naked eye.
“The differences are most apparent as a comparison between other images or observations,” said Shannon Schmoll, director of the Abrams Planetarium. Michigan State UniversityIn an email.
Supermoons happen a few times a year. One in October the moon will appear slightly larger and the other in December will be the last of the year.
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