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   Was big and beautiful even last night . . .  skies clear.  Try taking   
   photos if you have a digital camera . . .  they come out looking   
   ethereal and heavenly.    (#^.^#)   
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   CBC News Posted: Aug 09, 2014   
      
   Supermoon Sunday will be biggest moon of 2014   
   Moon reaches its closest point to Earth this year   
      
      
   On Sunday night, have a look at the moon  — it will be bigger and   
   brighter than at any other time this year.   
      
   The full moon on Sunday is a supermoon – one that is up to 14 per cent   
   bigger and 30 per cent brighter than a regular full moon.   
      
        Send photos of the supermoon to yournews@cbc.ca   
      
   It's also an extra-special supermoon – the biggest and brightest of   
   three in a row – the previous one was on July 12, and the next one will   
   be on Sept. 9.   
      
   That may make it a nuisance for anyone hoping to watch the Perseid   
   meteor shower near its Aug. 12 peak, as the moon's glare will make it   
   hard to spot many of the meteors.   
      
   But the supermoon is a special astronomical treat in itself, as it's   
   literally the closest look you'll get at the moon all year.   
      
   In fact, that's what makes it appear bigger – during a supermoon, the   
   moon is closer to the Earth than it is during a regular full moon.   
   That's because the moon's orbit around the Earth is elliptical and   
   lopsided, so that it's closer to the Earth on one side of the orbit than   
   the other.   
      
   On average, the moon is 384,000 kilometres away, but it is about 363,000   
   kilometres away at the closest point, its perigee.  And it is around   
   406,000 kilometres away at its furthest point, its apogee.   
      
   That means that a full moon that happens during the perigee is around   
   43,000 kilometres closer than a full moon during the apogee, making it   
   appear bigger.   
      
   Supermoons are moons that take place on the same day as the perigee, and   
   on average, they happen about once every 13½ months.   
      
   On Sunday, the moon will turn full during the same hour as the perigee –   
   "arguably making it an extra-super Moon," according to NASA Science   
   News. The astronomy news website EarthSky is calling it a "super"   
   supermoon. Slooh, which streams astronomy events live online, is calling   
   it a "mega-moon" and is hosting an observing event on the internet.   
      
   The Aug. 10 perigee, which takes place at 17:44 GMT (1:44 p.m. ET) will   
   be the closest of the year – at that point, the moon will be just   
   356,896 kilometres away, according to the Lunar Perigee and Apogee   
   Calculator hosted by Fourmilab.   
      
   According to NASA, the moon will become full less than half an hour   
   later, at 18:09 GMT (2:09 p.m. ET)   
      
   In most populated areas of Canada, the moon will rise between 8 and 9   
   p.m. (although it will be a little later than that in the far north),   
   and is best viewed shortly after moonrise for the most impressive effect   
   â€“ not only will it be closer and fuller at that point than later in the   
   evening, but it tends to appear bigger when it's close to the horizon.   
      
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