Wednesday, July 3, 2013

Closest Moon in 2013



Do you know what is Supermoon? Ya, I think you all know about this one. Supermoon is a new or full moon which occurs with the moon at or near (within 90% of) its closest approach to Earth in a given orbit. Earth, moon and sun are all in a line, with moon in its nearest approach to Earth. In 22-23 June 2013 is the closest moon with Earth for all of 2013. If you saw this supermoon last week, you would be amazed for what you see. The moon was so beautiful and looked so close.


The scientist said that you will not see the closest moon again until August 2014. There are 4-6 supermoons a year on average.That doesn’t sound very special, does it? In fact, the June 2013 full moon lines up much more closely with perigee – the moon’s closest point to Earth – than Nolle’s original definition. According to Guy Ottewell’s Astronomical Calendar 2013, the 2013 June full moon falls only 22 minutes after the moon reaches perigee.

Moon closest to Earth

Year
Date
Distance
2011
March 19
356,575 km
2012
May 6
356,955 km
2013
June 23
356,991 km
2014
August 10
356,896 km
2015
September 28
356,877 km
2016
November 14
356,509 km


If you want to know more about SUPERMOON, you can read more in this website. This website is very good for you. You can find more specific the definition about SUPERMOON and etc. Enjoy this.







By : Dessy Oktavia

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