August’s supermoon is first of four lunar spectacles
People walk in front of a rising supermoon at Griffith Observatory in Los Angeles, Monday, Aug. 19, 2024. | AP Photo/Richard Vogel
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Monday’s supermoon is the first of four this year.
During a supermoon, the full moon inches a little closer than usual to Earth.
A supermoon isn’t bigger, but it can appear that way in the night sky, although scientists say the difference can be barely perceptible.
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September’s supermoon will coincide with a partial lunar eclipse. October’s will be the year’s closest approach, and November’s will round out the year.
More a popular term than a scientific one, a supermoon occurs when a full lunar phase syncs up with an especially close swing around Earth.
This usually happens only three or four times a year and consecutively, given the moon’s constantly shifting, oval-shaped orbit.
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