Sentences with phrase «full supermoons»

January has 2 full supermoons.

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Also known as a perigean full moon or perigee syzygy, a supermoon happens when the moon is full at its closest point in its not - quite - circular orbit around Earth.

A supermoon is when a full moon occurs at the same time the moon is closest to the Earth in its orbit.

I know that's different to street lights etc, but the full moon (especially when it's a supermoon) throws off A LOT of light.

Named by Algonquin tribes as the «Strawberry Moon» for a time of ripening fruit, the June full moon is also being called a «mini-moon» (or apogee moon) since it's the smallest full moon of 2017 at its furthest point away from Earth — making it the opposite of a supermoon.

It's a perigee «supermoon,» almost 8 % wider and 16 % brighter than an average full Moon.

From supermoons and blood moons to black moons and blue moons, here's a cheat sheet to the full moon in all of her luminous guises.