Smallest Full Moon of 2014 Rises Tonight: Here's Why

Wednesday, January 15, 2014 - 15:30 in Astronomy & Space

Supermoon was a term invented by astrologer Richard Nolle many years earlier to refer to the coincidence between two astronomical events: a full moon and lunar perigee, when the moon is at its closest point to Earth.

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