About Supermoon
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 its elliptic 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 or a full Moon around perigee.
Blue supermoon: World gazes at rare lunar phenomenon
...Sky gazers around the world are in for a rare treat as a blue Supermoon is making a spectacular appearance for the first time since 2009...
Super blue Moon: Rare spectacle set to light up skies
... It will be a rare chance to see what is known as a blue Supermoon - the last one was in 2009...
Blue supermoon: World gazes at rare lunar phenomenon
Sky gazers around The World are in for a rare treat as a blue Supermoon is making a spectacular appearance for the First Time since 2009.
A Blue Moon occurs When The Pattern of days in a year means there are 13 full Moons instead of the usual 12.
This Blue Moon is also a Supermoon - When The Earth 's only Natural Satellite appears brighter than usual because it is at its closest point in its orbit around Our Planet .
But despite its name, the lunar phenomenon has nothing to do with Colour - it gets its name because it does not Fall In the usual scheme of named Moons.
The lunar spectacle is visible either on Wednesday or Thursday in different parts of The World . In the UK, the Best Time to see The Spectacle will be in Early Hours of Thursday morning.
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