[Astronews] FW: APOD - Super Moon vs. Micro Moon

[IAAS Monthly Astronomy Newsletter]

Super Moon today Nov. 14. Hope everyone can get out this evening to see it.
Burness Ansell
Publisher, IAAS Monthly Astronomy Newsletter

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Subject: APOD - Super Moon vs. Micro Moon

Astronomy Picture of the Day

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2016 November 13
[See Explanation.  Clicking on the picture will download   the highest resolution version available.]<http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/image/1611/supermicromoon_paduraru_900.jpg>
Super Moon vs. Micro Moon
Image Credit & Copyright: Catalin Paduraru

Explanation: What is so super about tomorrow's supermoon? Tomorrow<http://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2016/novembers-spectacular-supermoon>, a full moon will occur that appears slightly larger and brighter than usual. The reason is that the Moon's full<http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap161012.html>y illuminated phase occurs within a short time from perigee - when the Moon is its closest to the Earth in its elliptical orbit. Although the precise conditions that define a supermoon<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sWAN0FwfD5M> vary, tomorrow's supermoon will undoubtedly qualify because it will be the closest, largest, and brightest full moon in over 65 years<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tTEQMemI3Pc>. One reason supermoons<http://earthsky.org/space/what-is-a-supermoon> are popular is because they are so easy to see -- just go outside and sunset and watch an impressive full moon rise! Since perigee actually occurs tomorrow morning, tonight's full moon<http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap160201.html>, visible starting at sunset<http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap111127.html>, should also be impressive. Pictured here, a supermoon<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supermoon> from 2012 is compared to a micromoon -- when a full Moon occurs near the furthest part of the Moon's orbit -- so that it appears smaller and dimmer than usual. Given many definitions, at least one supermoon<http://www.universetoday.com/102763/what-is-a-super-moon/> occurs each year, with another one coming next month (moon-th). However, a full moon will not come this close to Earth again until 2034.
Tomorrow's picture: Earth, spaceship, Moon
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