A "super-duper" full moon that is bigger and brighter than anyother moon this year will appear in the sky on Monday morning.
The full moon will occur at 6.10am but will reach perigee, the closest pointto Earth, at 5.44am.
It would be another 20 years before a moon was as close to the earth,according to University of Canterbury astronomer Associate Professor KarenPollard.
At its closest, the moon will be 356,896km away from Earth.
When seen on the horizon, it would seem much larger than when seen high inthe sky because of an interesting optical illusion, Professor Pollard said.
"We saw a supermoon a month ago on July 12 and will see another onenext month on September 9. However, the supermoon this month is the closest andlargest one for 2014," she said.
"After September, the cycles of full moons and perigees get out of syncand it won't be for another year and 48 days that they align again and we areable to see more super moons."
The best time to see or photograph the moon was as it was rising on Sundayand Monday evening.作者: 冲冲虫虫 时间: 2014-8-10 10:42:51