Sentence examples for supermoon from inspiring English sources

The word 'supermoon' is correct and usable in written English
You can use it to refer to a full moon or a new moon that appears larger and brighter than usual due to its close proximity to Earth. For example: "On August 10th, there will be a supermoon visible in the night sky."

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supermoon

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A full moon or new moon, when the Earth–Moon distance is in the lowest tenth of its range

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However, supermoon came to denote the more-restrictive meaning of a full moon at perigee.

Nolle claimed that a supermoon would cause an increase in severe weather and earthquakes, but no such connection has been found.

The term supermoon was coined by American astrologer Richard Nolle in 1979 to describe both a new and a full moon occurring at or near (within 10 percent of) perigee.

But the supermoon will then be followed by a lunar eclipse — the fourth in a row, which some are calling a blood moon.

"When the rhythms line up, you might get three to four eclipses in a row or a supermoon and an eclipse happening".

The night of September 27 will see the first combination of a supermoon and a lunar eclipse — meaning that evening will have both the brightest, and then the darkest, moon of the year.

It was the night of the supermoon and Clémence Lapeyre slipped out of the beachside house, where she was staying with relatives, to enjoy the moonlit night from the sea on an old paddle board.

Last night the internet went into a mild meltdown at the impending arrival of the supermoon lunar eclipse - a phenomenon that has only been seen five times since 1900.

The event was particularly special being the first time in 30 years a supermoon and lunar eclipse have coincided.

I am so lazy I thought about looking at the super moon and decided 2033 isn't even that far away The phenomenon was caused by a combination of a supermoon (in which the moon appears brighter and larger from Earth due to the angle of its orbit) and a lunar eclipse (when a full moon passes through the darkest part of the Earth's shadow).

The American space agency recently released a video explaining the phenomenon of the supermoon eclipse, which occurred on the day that the full moon was as its closest point to the Earth.

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