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Most commercial calendars based on Greenwich Mean Time, or GMT, show the full moon occurring on Tuesday, April 27, according to NASA. But either way, it s going to be big and bright from Sunday night through Wednesday morning.
The April 26 full moon is the first of three consecutive supermoons. The full moons on May 26 and June 24 are also so classified.
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Supermoons are not really bigger and brighter, though. And no small amount of debate surrounds the question of whether supermoons are even a real thing.
The term was coined in pre-internet 1979 by astrologer Richard Nolle to describe new and full moons that occur when the orb is within 90 percent of perigee in lay terms, at its closest approach to Earth in the elliptical orbit.
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The April 26 full moon is the first of three consecutive supermoons. The full moons on May 26 and June 24 are also so classified.
Supermoons are not really bigger and brighter, though. And no small amount of debate surrounds the question of whether supermoons are even a real thing.
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The term was coined in pre-internet 1979 by astrologer Richard Nolle to describe new and full moons that occur when the orb is within 90 percent of perigee in lay terms, at its closest approach to Earth in the elliptical orbit.
The closeness to Earth keep in mind, our planet and moon are still 226,000 miles apart at this point makes the moon appear about 30 percent brighter and 14 percent larger than when the moon is at its farthest point from our planet, called apogee.
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The April 26 full moon is the first of three consecutive supermoons. The full moons on May 26 and June 24 are also so classified.
Supermoons are not really bigger and brighter, though. And no small amount of debate surrounds the question of whether supermoons are even a real thing.
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The term was coined in pre-internet 1979 by astrologer Richard Nolle to describe new and full moons that occur when the orb is within 90 percent of perigee in lay terms, at its closest approach to Earth in the elliptical orbit.
The closeness to Earth keep in mind, our planet and moon are still 226,000 miles apart at this point makes the moon appear about 30 percent brighter and 14 percent larger than when the moon is at its farthest point from our planet, called apogee.
UpdatedFri, Apr 23, 2021 at 9:32 am ET
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The super pink moon rises Monday over New York City. The pink moon got its name because the April full moon occurs at the same time the pink wildflower phlox blooms in North America. (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images)
NEW YORK There s some good news and bad news about the full pink supermoon that will rise over New York City late Monday evening.
The bad news first, because there s just a sliver of it: The moon won t be pink (more about that later). Come to think of it, that may make the news of the full pink supermoon nothing but good weather dependent, of course.