The special view of Super Moon taken by my son Er. J. Samuel Anandaraj.B.E., from the roof-top of his residence at Seoul
Supermoon
The supermoon of March 19, 2011 (right) compared to a more average moon of December 20, 2010 (left), as viewed from Earth
The March 19, 2011 supermoon is 221,566 miles (356,577 kilometers) away
from Earth. The last time the full moon approached so close to Earth was
in 1993. It is about 20 percent brighter and 15 percent bigger than a
regular full moon.
A
supermoon is the coincidence of a
full moon or a
new moon with the closest approach the Moon makes to the Earth on its elliptical orbit, or
perigee, leading to the technical name for a supermoon of the
perigee-syzygy of the Earth-Moon-Sun system.
The association of the Moon with both oceanic and crustal tides has led
to claims that the supermoon phenomenon may be associated with
increased risk of events such as earthquakes and volcanic eruptions.
However, the evidence of such a link is widely held to be unconvincing.
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