Saturday, May 5, 2012

How Special Is The May 5, 2012 Supermoon?

The full moon of May 5 , 2012 is the closest and largest full moon of this year. Some will call it a supermoon.  Astronomers call this sort of close full moon a perigee full moon.

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Perigee moon rises over Lake Ontario at
Humber Bay Park West, Toronto