{"id":5387,"date":"2023-07-01T08:31:07","date_gmt":"2023-07-01T12:31:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fas37.org\/wp\/?p=5387"},"modified":"2023-07-04T23:10:58","modified_gmt":"2023-07-05T03:10:58","slug":"2023-supermoons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fas37.org\/wp\/2023-supermoons\/","title":{"rendered":"2023 Supermoons"},"content":{"rendered":"

According to the folks at EarthSky (and they checked with Fred Espenak, formerly of NASA) there will be four successive Supermoons this year on July 2-3, August 1, August 30-31, and September 28-29.<\/p>\n

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A Supermoon occurs when a full moon is closer to the Earth than usual. It appears bigger and brighter than a normal Full Moon. So, check it out!<\/p>\n

Marcy Curran. \u201c4 full supermoons in a row, starting July 2-3.\u201d EarthSky. June 26, 2023. https:\/\/earthsky.org\/astronomy-essentials\/4-full-supermoons-in-a-row-2023\/<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cFour full supermoons in a row 2023.\u201d EarthSky\/YouTube. June 23, 2023. https:\/\/youtu.be\/slpmcoqRePw<\/a><\/p>\n

Vigdis Hocken and Apama Kher. \u201cWhat Is a Supermoon and When Is the Next One?\u201d time and date. https:\/\/www.timeanddate.com\/astronomy\/moon\/super-full-moon.html?ts=1440504401<\/a><\/p>\n

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Lunar Near Side
Image Credit: NASA\/Goddard Space Flight Center\/Arizona State University<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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For more about the Moon, see these articles.<\/p>\n

\u201cDaily Moon Guide \u2013 NASA\u2019s interactive map for observing the Moon each day of the year.\u201d NASA Earth\u2019s Moon. https:\/\/moon.nasa.gov\/moon-observation\/daily-moon-guide\/<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cThe Moon.\u201d FAS Astronomers Blog. February 2021. https:\/\/www.fas37.org\/wp\/the-moon\/<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cObserving the Moon and Planets.\u201d FAS Astronomers Blog. October 2021. https:\/\/www.fas37.org\/wp\/observing-the-moon-and-planets\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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