Reefa Posted November 15, 2016 Share Posted November 15, 2016 Quote Early Monday morning - or evening, depending on where you live - the largest full moon of the year, called the supermoon, shined its biggest and brightest in nearly 70 years. Size is relative though. The November 14 supermoon was about 14 percent bigger and 30 percent brighter than its smallest apparent size, called a micromoon. That's because the moon's 27 day, 7 hour, 43 minute orbit around the Earth isn't a perfect circle, but an ellipse. You get a closer point to Earth, or perigee, and a more distant point, or apogee. The moon's apogee this month is about 252,000 miles (405,554 km) away, and on Monday its perigee was about 222,000 miles (357,274 km) away. Here's what this apparent size change looks like over the course of the year: On Monday, it so happened that the Earth, Moon, and Sun lined up in such a way to make the supermoon a little bit brighter and bigger than usual. As NASA explains, the next supermoon of this kind technically won't happen until November 25, 2034. Technicalities aside, though, photographers from around the world showed up to take some beautiful photos and videos of the supermoon. Here are 22 of the best shots we can verify aren't fake (and boy, are there some fakeonesmaking the rounds). Beijing, China: Glastonbury, England: New York, New York: Hanau, Germany: Beijing, China: London, England: Quote Best #Supermoon pic I've seen yet. pic.twitter.com/oJZ15AemEB — Jason Martinez (@10NewsJason) November 14, 2016 Baikonur, Kazakhstan: Quote https://t.co/PqYOnuoJ5O Cordoba, Spain: Gauhati, India: Los Angeles, California: Quote https://t.co/uqAZeMnBOt London, England: Sydney, Australia: Phoenix, Arizona: Quote Multiplicity photo of the #Supermoon rising over Phoenix, Arizona! #Supermoon2016 #photography #nasa #arizona pic.twitter.com/nKA0lUFRC8 — Bryan Snider (@BryanSnider) November 14, 2016 Cannon Ball, North Dakota: St. Louis, Missouri: Quote The #supermoon in St. Louis (? by @PDPJ, H/T @MeredithFrost) pic.twitter.com/ggSRtrjBAw — Darren Rovell (@darrenrovell) November 14, 2016 South El Monte, California: Quote How INCREDIBLE is this shot of a plane and the #supermoon last night? pic.twitter.com/lU5NhfR04z — Good Morning America (@GMA) November 14, 2016 New York, New York: Baikonur, Kazakhstan: Sapporo, Japan: source Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dee.pee Posted November 15, 2016 Share Posted November 15, 2016 Too much clouds here ... can't see this big moon, but was sure I can get some pics !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeffDunhill Posted November 15, 2016 Share Posted November 15, 2016 Damn, some of these are so damn awesome. I wish I had such a view! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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