Good Question: Why Is The Supermoon So Big?

What’s more, a full moon won’t come this close to Earth again until november 25, 2034, according to NASA.

Sky watchers in the United Kingdom will have to wait a little longer before the full moon emerges in all its glory shortly before 5pm.

And in Cairo, Egypt skywatchers witnessed as it rose in the eastern skies. The moon can be up to 14 percent closer to earth during its perigee than when at its apogee (furthest point from the earth) causing 30 percent more moonlight to shine onto the Earth, according to NASA.

However, supermoon is rarely used within the scientific community as many researchers prefer to use perigee full moon or perigee new moon. The moon reaches both every 27.55 days, which is how long it takes to orbit Earth.

The biggest, brightest supermoon since 1948 lit up skies across the globe on Monday night. As a result, this Supermoon appeared 14 percent larger and 30 percent brighter than it does at its smallest and was the largest and brightest Supermoon since January 26, 1948.

The Moon’s orbit follows an elliptical path around the Earth, averaging an eccentricity of 0.055.

The moon always looks larger when its rises and sets.

It will not make a similar approach until November 25, 2034. The moon also appeared larger than usual on October 16, though the November 14 one was still relatively fuller.

Monday’s event is the biggest and best in a series of three supermoons.

Aside from mythical meanings and unfounded alarmist proclamations, any full moon – never mind a supermoon as big as this – has always been seen as having the ability to trigger emotional reactions and extreme behaviour.