Monday, June 17, 2013

JUNE 2013 SUPER MOON


        
 














       What it is super moon? And how special is the June 23, 2013?

Full moon falls on June 23, 2013 at 11:32 universal time (15:32 Abu Dhabi time). This full moon is not only the closest and largest full moon of the year. It also presents the moon’s closest encounter (221853 miles) with Earth for all of 2013 . The moon will not be so close again until August, 2014.

Astronomers call this phenomenon as perigee full moon. This describes the moon’s closest point to Earth for a given month. Last year, we heard this term again to describe the year’s closest full moon on May 6, 2012. Now the term super moon is being used a lot. Last month May was was also a super moon but the June full moon is even more bigger. In other words, the time of full moon falls even closer to the time of perigee, the moon’s closest point to Earth.

3 comments:

  1. at what direction will this be seen?

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  2. Yes where do we see it? Mina marina?

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  3. The direction is in north east side... tonight we are going to meet at the corniche public beach area....

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