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Did You See the Supermoon Over Cumming?
See the amazing photos courtesy of Forsyth County photographers Marc Mesa and Cris Hayes.
First we celebrate the solstice. Then we get a supermoon?
If you were out on Saturday night, you probably saw the gorgeous sight, what was the closest and fullest full moon of the year.
See the amazing photos courtesy of Forsyth County photographers Marc Mesa and Cris Hayes.
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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.) Â
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.
Our next close encounter with a supermoon will be Aug. 10, 2014, according to EarthSky.org.
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