Full moon Saturday will be this year's biggest, but don't expect more crime or freaky behaviour NEW YORK, N.Y. - The biggest and brightest full moon of the year arrives Saturday night as our celestial neighbour passes closer to Earth than usual. Stop the Lunacy! 5 Mad Myths About the Moon The biggest full moon of the year will rise Saturday (May 5) as Earth's only satellite swings into its perigee, or closest approach to Earth. This so-called "supermoon" will appear extra big and extra bright. Look up! Biggest full moon of the year will appear Saturday The largest full moon of 2012 happens this Saturday, but it's OK if you don't really notice. The moon doesn't really get bigger, it just gets closer to Earth (but you knew that). Tonight's full moon becomes 'supermoon' at 11:35 Tonight's full moon has been billed as a "supermoon," but how super will it be? That could depend on when you look, but Sky & Telescope magazine's website gives the event just one sentence: "This is the closest and largest full Moon of 2012 (8% closer and larger than average, not enough to draw attention)." 'Supermoon' Science: Why Saturday's Full Moon is Biggest of 2012 On Saturday (May 5) at 11:35 p.m. EDT, the moon will officially turn full. And only 25 minutes later the moon will also arrive at perigee, its closest approach to Earth — a distance of 221,802 miles (356,955 kilometers) away. 'Super Moon' to Fill Sky Over Weekend The full moon on Saturday night should look unusually large. It will be a so-called supermoon, striking because the moon, which has a slightly elliptical orbit, will be at its closest to Earth. Supermoon 2012: Biggest full moon of the year Full moon will be at its closest point to Earth this year on Saturday, making it bigger and brighter than at any other point of the year Look! Up in the sky! It's Supermoon! Due Saturday The biggest and brightest full moon of the year arrives Saturday night as our celestial neighbor passes closer to Earth than usual. 5 of the biggest myths about moon dispelled The biggest full moon of the year will rise Saturday as Earth's only satellite swings into its perigee, or closest approach to Earth. This so-called "supermoon" will appear extra big and extra bright. 'Super Moon' to fill sky this weekend Saturday night, if the full moon, rising in the East, strikes you as unusually large, you'll be right.
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Saturday, May 5, 2012
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