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A “supermoon” is to occur tomorrow evening and again on July 14, the Taipei Astronomical Museum said on Friday.
A supermoon is a nonscientific term that typically refers to a full moon or new moon that coincides with the moon’s closest approach to Earth, or perigee, the museum wrote in a news release.
The perigee of the moon’s orbit is about 362,000km from Earth, and it is usually called a supermoon when it passes the point within 24 hours of being seen in the night sky, the museum said.
As the moon is to be 357,656.38km from Earth tomorrow, the event would be ....

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