If you¡¯re the kind who loves to gawk at the glistening sky every night then November 2016 will be the best month of your remaining year.?
This November, the moon will be closest to Earth it has been since January 1948. This event will occur on the evening of 14th of November, and this is the closest the Moon will get to Earth until 25 November 2034.?
The moon will appear up to 14 percent bigger and 30 percent brighter than an average full moon.?
But how is this possible??
NASA explains this rare phenomenon as elliptical orbit, where one side - called the perigee - is about 48,280 km (30,000 miles) closer to Earth than the other side (the apogee).?
As we all know, when the Sun-Moon-Earth line up together in one line as the moon orbits Earth, it is known as syzygy.?
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When this Earth-Moon-Sun system occurs on the perigee side of the Moon facing us, and the Moon happens to be on the opposite side of Earth from the Sun, we get what¡¯s called a perigee-syzygy.?
The last supermoon we had was on October 16th and after the November 14th, we will have another one in December. But because the November 14 Moon becomes full within about 2 hours of perigee, it¡¯s going to look the biggest it has in nearly seven decades.?
"The full moon of November 14 is not only the closest full moon of 2016 but also the closest full moon to date in the 21st century," says NASA. "The full moon won¡¯t come this close to Earth again until 25 November 2034."?
"When the moon is near the horizon, it can look unnaturally large when viewed through trees, buildings, or other foreground objects," says NASA. "The effect is an optical illusion, but that fact doesn¡¯t take away from the experience."
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Gear up for the majestic sky!