Thursday night is your last chance to see a supermoon this year.
Did you catch the biggest, brightest full moon of the year? See the incredible Super Pink Moon.A supermoon occurs when a full moon is especially close to Earth. The moon's closeness to Earth makes it look extra-close and extra-bright – up to 14% bigger and 30% brighter than a full moon at its farthest point from Earth.
The term “supermoon” was coined in 1979 by astrologer Richard Nolle. It has become an increasingly popular and media-friendly term in the decades since. According to NASA, it's used by the media today to describe what astronomers would call a perigean full moon: a full moon occurring near or at the time when the moon is at its closest point in its orbit around Earth.
Due to the optical effect known as the moon illusion, the full moon can seem huge when rising behind distant objects on the horizon. A supermoon appears especially impressive.Why is it called a"Flower Moon"? The full moon in May was named the"Flower Moon" by several Native American tribes because of the large number of flowers that bloom this month,
. It is also sometimes referred to as the Mother’s Moon, Milk Moon, and Corn Planting Moon, references to a time of increased fertilitybecause it falls on the Buddhist holiday that commemorates the birth, enlightenment and death of Gautama Buddha.
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