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'Supermoon' lights up night sky
Topic Started: Jun 23 2013, 09:48 PM (182 Views)
CJ
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A very minor case of serious brain damage

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-23013393

The night sky has been illuminated by what appears to be a much bigger and brighter Moon.

The so-called "supermoon" occurs when the Moon reaches its closest point to earth, known as a perigee full moon.

The effect makes the Moon seem 14% bigger and 30% brighter than when it is furthest from the planet.

Skywatchers who miss the phenomenon this weekend because of cloudy skies will have to wait until August 2014 for the next one.

Space expert Heather Couper said "supermoons" were the result of coincidence.



Sadly, I didn't get to see this, but the pictures look nice, at least. Did anyone here see it?
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lamna
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I thought it looked bigger than usual.
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Zero Revolution
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King Zero

I really didn't know about this. I didn't really look too closely at it, it just looked a bit brighter is all.
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