A couple of times a year, the full moon comes unusually close to the Earth, resulting in a slightly larger-than-usual apparent size of the lunar disk as viewed from Earth.
Tonight, Norwegians will be able to experience it again for the last time this year.
During a supermoon, the Moon takes up about 7% more space in the sky than normal, Illustrated Science writes. In addition, the Moon shines much brighter as a supermoon than it usually does.
A supermoon occurs when there is a full moon at the same time as the Moon is at its closest point to the Earth.
The orbit of the Moon
The orbit of the Moons is oval, and the Earth is not in the middle of the oval. That means that the Moon’s distance to the Earth varies from around 400,000 kilometers away at the longest to below 359,000 kilometers when the Moon is closest to us.
When the Moon is at the point closest to the Earth, it is called the perigee.
The supermoon can be seen one to three times a year. Wednesday, July 13, is the last time we’ll get to experience the supermoon in 2022.
The next supermoon event will take place on August 1, 2023.
The year’s last supermoon will be visible from 8:37 PM on Wednesday night.
Source: © NTB Scanpix / #Norway Today / #NorwayTodayNews
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