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Did You See the Supermoon Over Acworth?
See some amazing photos courtesy of area photographers Marc Mesa and Cris Hayes, and share your supermoon pics, too.
First we celebrate the solstice. Then we get a supermoon?
If you were out and about on Saturday night, you probably saw the gorgeous sight, what was the closest and fullest full moon of the year.
Show your supermoon photos to your neighbors via Patch, Acworth! Posting in our new boards is easy—just click here to get started.The supermoon, or perigee, was the fullest in the west at 4:32 a.m. Sunday, June 23, but in the night’s sky it appeared full on June 22, according to EarthSky.org and the thousands who witnessed the impressive moon.
The perigee full moon gets its name because the term perigee describes the moon’s closest point to the Earth during any month. The term supermoon has been used more often since 2011. (According to EarthSky, an astrologer, not an astronomer, coined the term.)
There was a supermoon during May 2013, but this month’s perigee moon was special because the crest of the moon’s full phase and perigee fall within an hour of each other, EarthSky says. With the change in distance the moon appeared 14 percent bigger and 30 percent brighter to our eyes than at its minimum size and brightness.
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Our next close encounter with a supermoon will be Aug. 10, 2014, according to EarthSky.org.
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