Tonight, See The Smallest Full Moon Of 2011
Stargazers will witness the smallest and faintest full moon of this year as the celestial body reaches the farthest position from the earth on Tuesday.
Wednesday's full moon will appear around 12.5% smaller and its light intensity 20% lesser as compared to a'supermoon'(the biggest full moon).
"The moon will be farthest from the earth today and, therefore will appear smallest,"director of Science Popularisation Association of Communicators and Educators (SPACE) CB Devgun said.
"The moon will be 4,06,434 km away from earth, an event known as apogee. In astronomy, the two extremes of an ellipse are called'apogee'(far away) and'perigee'(nearby),"Devgun said.
Popularly known as Hunter moon, the earth's satellite for more details....
Wednesday's full moon will appear around 12.5% smaller and its light intensity 20% lesser as compared to a'supermoon'(the biggest full moon).
"The moon will be farthest from the earth today and, therefore will appear smallest,"director of Science Popularisation Association of Communicators and Educators (SPACE) CB Devgun said.
"The moon will be 4,06,434 km away from earth, an event known as apogee. In astronomy, the two extremes of an ellipse are called'apogee'(far away) and'perigee'(nearby),"Devgun said.
Popularly known as Hunter moon, the earth's satellite for more details....
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