A Super Moon It occurs when the full moon coincides with the moon’s closest approach to Earth. A point in its elliptical orbit, known as the perigee. This phenomenon is repeating this Tuesday under the name, among others: “strawberry super moon”a name unrelated to astronomy.
Supermoon is not an official astronomical term, but is normally used to describe the full moon this Tuesday, meaning at least 90% of the perigee, a maximum approach that will occur at 01:24 on the peninsula tonight. agency on the NASA website.
Super Moons occur only three to four times a year. and it happened in 1979 when the American astrologer Richard Nolle coined the name; This predicted that there would be a Supermoon in 2011, the largest with an increase in earthquakes, but this did not happen.
This Tuesday full moon goes to name a few. NASA explains that in the 1930s the Maine Farmer’s Almanac began publishing Native American names for full moons.
According to this calendar, the Algonquian tribes of what is now the northeastern United States they called it Strawberry Moona name that comes from the relatively short season for the strawberry harvest in the region.
However, the name although it has a reddish color, it does not necessarily mean that the Moon is red. Adding that when it rises or sets and is brighter, an old European name for this moon is mead or honey, or Pink Moon.
The average distance between our satellite and our planet is 384,402 kilometers. At perigee, the Moon is about 356,000 kilometers away, and at apogee (farthest point) it is about 406,000 kilometers away.
The National Geographic Institute says it’s a “special month” this Tuesday on its networks: “Because it occurred near perigee, the closest point in its orbit to Earth, The moon will be slightly larger than usual“.
When the full Moon is near perigee, the Moon appears slightly larger when viewed from Earth.
“Although it is commonly known as a supermoon, this is really an exaggeration. With the naked eye, it is almost impossible to detect that the Moon is larger,” says the Institute. It can go up to 30.
You can enjoy it with the naked eye, weather conditions permitting.
The full moon of July (on the 13th) will occur near the perigee and cause a similar phenomenon.