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Are You Ready for Super Moon 2012?
Check out the night skies tonight for a special glimpse at the moon.
Saturday night brings us Super Moon 2012.
A Super Moon occurs when the moon goes into its full phase at the same time it approaches Earth at the shortest-possible point in its orbit—an event known as a perigee. Click through this NASA video to learn all about Super Moon 2012.
To sum it up, the Moon is supposed to look big tonight. And it's going to be really cool.
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It will orbit within 221,802 miles of Planet Earth—not exactly close enough to reach out and touch, but the closest it gets to us all year. At 11:34 p.m., the moon will arrive at the position in its annual orbit where it's nearest to Earth.
NASA in its report also debunks some common mythology about full moons—namely that they don't trigger and aren't related to such things as higher crime rates, hospital admissions or generally bizarre behavior.
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A Super Moon comes only once a year. So enjoy and don't forget to upload your photos of the Super Moon by clicking 'upload photos' above.
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