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Supermoon – Closest Full Moon to Earth Since 1948

A Supermoon happens when a Full Moon or New Moon coincides with the Moon’s closest approach to Earth; also called perigee. A Super Full Moon looks around 12% to 14% bigger.

This Supermoon is happening on 14-Nov-2016 and will be the closest a Full Moon has been to Earth since 25-Jan-1948.
The next time a Full Moon is even closer to Earth will be on 25-Nov-2035 (times in UTC).

Read the full stories at Popular Mechanics, Space.com, ScienceAlert, timeanddate.com or google yourself for more info.

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