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Supermoon

Your ‘Supermoon’ Images from Around the World

May 6, 2012

Want to stay on top of all the space news? Follow @universetoday on Twitter We asked for ‘em, and you sent ‘em in: here are great images of the perigee Moon on May 5, 2012, the largest full Moon of the year taken by our readers. Remove this ad

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Super Moon? How About a Super Sun!

May 6, 2012

On May 5, 2012, while everyone else was waiting for the “Super Moon” astrophotographer Alan Friedman was out capturing this super image of a super Sun from his back yard in Buffalo, NY! Remove this ad

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Supermoon This Weekend

May 2, 2012

This weekend will provide the full Moon’s closest approach of the year to Earth. On Saturday, May 5, 2012 the Moon could appear as much as 14% bigger and 30% brighter than other full Moons of 2012, according to some calculations. Will you notice it? Not if you haven’t really been paying attention, or have [...]

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Your Pictures of the “Super” Full Moon

March 19, 2011

How super was your full Moon on March 19, 2011? I was completely clouded out, but thankfully quite a few people have been kind enough to share their images. Here are a pictures sent in by readers, as well as via Twitter and Facebook. We’ve got images from all around the world, and even though [...]

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The Supermoon Illusion

March 16, 2011

You’ve probably all seen it before, a huge Full Moon sitting on the horizon and you wonder why it looks much bigger than at other times? It isn’t, really; it’s an illusion. And now, if you have heard about the close approach of the moon, or so called “Supermoon” on March 19th and are concerned [...]

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