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The 'Supermoon' Syndrome Rises With February's Full Moon

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The 'Supermoon' Syndrome Rises With February's Full Moon
By Joe Rao/ Space/ space.com

On Tuesday, Feb. 19, you'll no doubt hear the mainstream media proclaiming that on that night Earthlings will witness a "supermoon."

It's a term — or, more specifically, a branding — of relatively recent origin; it came not from astronomy, but astrology, and was coined by astrologer Richard Nolle in 1979. Nolle arbitrarily defined a supermoon as a new or full moon that occurs when the natural satellite is at or near (within 90 percent of) its closest approach to Earth in a given orbit (perigee).

Interestingly, nobody paid much attention to Nolle's definition until March 19, 2011, when the full moon arrived at an exceptionally close perigee, coming within 126 miles (203 kilometers) of its closest possible approach to Earth.

Suddenly, the term "supermoon" went viral. But why? [How the 'Supermoon' Looks (Infographic)]......"


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An airplane crosses the supermoon full moon of Dec. 3, 2017 as seen near Ronald Reagon National Airport in Washington, D.C.

(Image: © Bill Ingalls/NASA)


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The 'Super Snow Moon,' In Pictures
From CNN/ edition.cnn.com

"The biggest and brightest supermoon of the year brightened the skies on Tuesday.

The super snow moon is the second of three supermoon events in the first three months of the year -- a packed lunar calendar for 2019, which marks the 50th anniversary of Apollo 11, the mission that took the first humans to the moon.

It made the moon appear unusually large when it rose and set, and -- like most lunar events -- it drew stargazers around the world outside....."

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Cable cars are silhouetted against the backdrop of the supermoon in Greenwich, London, on February 19.
Yui Mok/AP


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