Is biggest and closest full moon on May 5, 2012 a supermoon?

[yhokz101]

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Kinsa to ang ganahan mag atang ani? Pero murag dili makita sa ato na side? just wondering naa ba kaha ni epekto sa earth noh? ako sa sad ni nga pangutana...

"According to U.S. clocks, May 5, 2012 features the closest and largest full moon of this year. Calendars say May 6, by the way, for this same close full moon as seen from Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Asia. We astronomers call this sort of close full moon a perigee full moon. The word perigee describes the moon’s closest point to Earth for a given month. But last year, when the closest and largest full moon occurred on March 19, 2011, many used a term we’d never heard: supermoon. We’ll probably hear that term again at this 2012 close full moon. What does it mean exactly? And how special is it?"

link to article that I happened to read here: link

another topic here: Did a supermoon cause the March 11, 2011 earthquake in Japan?

[street_of_no_return]

'Supermoon' May Outshine Meteor Shower This Weekend - Yahoo! News Philippines

for more info

[cool_romar]

this is interesting.

[jangska]

patay tas mga super saiyan ani..

ugma na raba. tanaw ko ani.

[yandz]

M0 transf0rm na jud ko ani ug ungg0y dah hahah. .Let us see superm0on later

[rodsky]

The difference is so small, people who don't know about the event won't even realize that the moon is indeed slightly (and only very slightly) larger. Only people who own telescopes with etched reticles in their eyepieces will actually notice the difference and compare it with "regular" full moons.

I took these photos between 5:47PM and 5:56PM at Davao City.







I personally don't want to call it a supermoon. Technically, this is the moon approaching perigee, as seen from the Philippines.

-RODION

[aljy]

Awoooooo.....aww awoooooo....grlllllll rarrrrr...

[istoryamember]

super moon na d ay to ako nakita? hehehe dili jud makita ang difference. Murag naa pa man gali ako nakita sauna nga makaingon ko mas dako pa kuntra last night.

[cjmagowan]

hayad au buwan gabii ang clear pud ang skies... ma.appreciate sad nmo iya kahayag labi na naa ka dri layo2x sa city.

[Dmalas]

kaon pa diay gabii ang supermoon? dli diay gahapon?