Did you catch the Super Moon last night or were you too busy watching the Teen Choice Awards? C’mon, I won’t tell.
In case you were busy, or if you’d just like to see a few really cool photos of the rare Super Moon, we’ve got you covered this morning.
And since I don’t know jack about what a Super Moon is, and you might not either, here’s what Wikipedia says it is…
A supermoon is the coincidence of a full moon or a new moon with the closest approach the Moon makes to the Earth on its elliptical orbit, resulting in the largest apparent size of the lunar disk as seen from Earth. The technical name is the perigee-syzygy of the Earth-Moon-Sun system. The term “supermoon” is not astronomical, but originated in modern astrology. The association of the Moon with both oceanic and crustal tides has led to claims that the supermoon phenomenon may be associated with increased risk of events such as earthquakes and volcanic eruptions, but the evidence of such a link is widely held to be unconvincing.
Got that? All I know is that it looks really cool.
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Top photo: Billy Budhi B, Instagram