But will your eye see that the moon is bigger on the night
of August 29? Well … it depends. Are you an incredibly careful observer? Have
you watched the full moon over a period of months, leading up to now? If so,
says Daniel Fischer in Königswinter, Germany, you can discern the extra-large
size of the supermoon using just your eye.
The closest and largest full supermoon of them all will fall
on September 28, to stage a total eclipse of the moon. Some will call it a
Blood Moon eclipse.
In North America, we often call the August full moon the
Sturgeon Moon, Corn Moon or Grain Moon. The August 2015 full moon is also the
first of three full-moon supermoons in 2015. Previously, we had three new moon
supermoons in January, February and March, 2015. The full moons on August 29,
September 28 and October 27 all enjoy the supermoon designation because the
centers of these full moons and the center of Earth are less than 361,836
kilometers (224,834 miles) apart. The closest supermoon of the year comes with
the September 28 full moon, presenting a moon that’s only 356,877 kilometers
(221,753 miles) from Earth.
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