Supermoon 14/10/2016 A supermoon is the coincidence of a full moon or a New moon with the closest approach the Moonmakes to the Earth on its elliptical orbit, resulting in the largest apparent size of the lunar disk as seen from Earth.[3] The technical name is the perigee-syzygy of the Earth-Moon-Sun system. The term “supermoon” is not astronomical, but originated in modern astrology.[4] The association of the Moon with both oceanic and crustal tides has … Continua a leggere→