In Pictures: The spectacle of the 'Supermoon'

The term "supermoon" is one borrowed from astrology. Scientists would prefer to call the phenomenon a perigee moon, or perigee-syzygy of the Earth-Moon-Sun system. In lay terms, it's when a full moon coincides with its closest approach to Earth....



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