Supermoon Comparison
A supermoon is a full moon or a new moon that nearly coincides with perigee—the closest that the Moon comes to the Earth in Orbit of the Moon, its orbit—resulting in a slightly larger-than-usual apparent size of the lunar disk as viewed from Earth. The technical name is a perigee syzygy (of the Earth–Moon–Sun system) or a full (or new) Moon around perigee. Because the term ''supermoon'' is astrological in origin, it has no precise astronomical definition. The association of the Moon with both Tide, oceanic and Earth tide, crustal tides has led to claims that the supermoon phenomenon may be associated with increased risk of events like earthquakes and volcanic eruptions, but no such link has been found. The opposite phenomenon, an apogee syzygy or a full (or new) Moon around apogee, has been called a micromoon. Definitions The name ''supermoon'' was coined by astrologer Richard Nolle in 1979, in ''Dell Horoscope'' magazine arbitrarily defined as: He came up with the ...
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