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FACT FILE : MOON
✰✸The✸September✸2015 'lunar ✰✸A supermoon✸is✸when✸a✸
eclipse' was✸particularly✸
unusual✸as✸it✸was✸also✸a✸
'supermoon'✸and✸a 'harvest
moon'.
round✸'full✸moon'✸(or✸the✸
almost✸invisible✸'new✸moon')✸
travels✸super-close✸to✸Earth✸
at✸the✸'perigee'✸of✸its✸orbit.✸
✰✸A✸lunar eclipse✸takes✸place✸ ✰✸A✸harvest moon✸is✸the✸full✸
when✸light✸from✸the✸sun✸
can't✸get✸to✸our✸'lunar'✸moon✸
because✸planet✸Earth✸is✸in✸the✸
way✸and✸casts✸a✸shadow!✸
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FUSE
moon✸closest✸to✸the✸'autumn
equinox'.
✰✸Harvest✸moons✸oft✸en✸appear✸
unusually✸large✸and✸bright✸
-even✸a✸mysterious✸'blood✸
red'✸or✸orange✸colour.✸This✸
looks✸very✸spooky✸but✸is✸
actually✸just✸an✸illusion.✸
✰✸Next✸supermoon:✸
14th✸November✸2016.✸
✰✸Next✸supermoon✸eclipse:✸
14th/15th✸April✸2033.✸