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SUMMARY:SUPERMOON - THE BIGGEST FULL MOON OF THE YEAR!
DESCRIPTION:'Supermoon' May Outshine Meteor Shower \nPhotographer Sand
 y Adams snapped this great view of the \"supermoon\" full moon of Marc
 h 19, 2011 over Washington, D.C. CREDIT: Sandy Adams The biggest full 
 moon of the year, a so-called \"supermoon,\" will take center stage wh
 en it rises this weekend, and may interfere with the peak of an annual
  meteor shower created by the leftovers from Halley's comet.\n\nThe su
 permoon of 2012 is the biggest full moon of the yearand will occur on 
 Saturday (May 5) at 11:35 p.m. EDT (0335 May 6), though the moon may s
 till appear full to skywatchers on the day before and after the actual
  event. At the same time, the annual Eta Aquarid meteor shower will be
  hitting its peak, NASA scientists say. \"Its light will wash out the 
 fainter Eta Aquarid meteors,\" NASA meteor expert Bill Cooke of the Ma
 rshall Space Flight Center told SPACE.com in an email. Still, Cooke sa
 id there's a chance that the brightest fireballs from the meteor displ
 ay may still be visible.\n\nA supermoon occurs when the moon hits its 
 full phase at the same time it makes closest approach to Earth for the
  month, a lunar milestone known as perigee. Scientists also refer to t
 he event as a \"perigee moon,\" according to a NASA video on the 2012 
 supermoon.\nThat's exactly what will happen on Saturday, when the moon
  will swing within 221,802 miles (356,955 kilometers) of Earth — its
  closest approach of the entire year. Because the moon's orbit is not 
 exactly circular, there is a 3-percent variation in its closest approa
 ches to Earth each month. The average Earth-moon distance is about 2
 30,000 miles (384,400 km). \n \nWith May's full moon timed with the m
 oon's perigee, it could appear 14 percent bigger and 30 percent bright
 er than other full moons of 2012, astronomer Tony Phillips explained i
 n a NASA video. There is absolutely no chance the supermoon will thre
 aten Earth. \n \nThe last supermoon was in March 2011. At the time, i
 t was the biggest and brightest full moon in 18 years. [Amazing Superm
 oon Photos from 2011] \n \nWhile the moon's extra brightness during t
 he supermoon may wash out some of the fainter Eta Aquarid meteors, all
  is not lost, Cooke said. \n \n\"Our fireball cameras have already de
 tected four bright ones. So I would say that the odds are pretty good 
 that folks can see a bit of Halley's Comet over the next few days, if 
 they care to take the time to look,\" Cooke explained. \"They will be 
 the big and bright ones, fewer in number with a rate of just a few per
  hour, but they will be there.\" \nCooke anticipates that the 2012 Eta
  Aquarid meteor shower will peak at up to 60 meteors per hour on May 5
 .\n\nThe eta Aquarid display is one of two meteor showers created by d
 ust from Halley's comet (the Orionid shower in October is the other). 
 It occurs every April and May when the Earth passes through a stream o
 f debris cast off by comet Halley during its 76-year trip around the s
 un.\n\nFor more information visit https://vbnightlife.com/events/super
 moon-the-biggest-full-moon-of-the-year
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