Why Saturday’s 'supermoon' will be beautiful, but not super
Friday, May 4, 2012 - 21:30
in Astronomy & Space
Yes, it will be marginally brighter and larger, but Saturday's so-called "supermoon" is not going to be noticeably different from the full moon of the month before or after. An astronomer explains that a "supermoon" typically happens once a year, when the moon's elliptical orbit comes closest to Earth during a full moon. But the nickname makes it sound like a much bigger deal than it actually is.