A Summer of Super Moons

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ScienceCasts: A Summer of Super Moons

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The summer of 2014 will be bathed in moonlight as three perigee "supermoons" occur in consecutive months: July, August, September.

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Source: NASA - Multimedia

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Commemorative Moon Medley.

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Just so you know what they are talking about without having to watch the video - a supermoon is when the moon is full and at perigee (ie nearest us in its elliptical orbit). Here's the size difference between the moon at its most distant, and at its closest..

It's comin' right at us!!