What Is A Supermoon?
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The only supermoon of 2017 is rising on December 3. But what is a supermoon? And why do we only see one or two a year?
Supermoons are a rare type of full moon. They appear up to 14% bigger and 30% brighter than normal. While the full moon rises about once per month, supermoons can only occur a few times per year - max.
That's because the timing has to be just right. The Moon takes about 27.32 days to orbit Earth. During its orbit, the moon passes through two points: Perigee and apogee. Perigee is about 30,000 miles closer to Earth than apogee.
A supermoon can only occur at perigee-syzygy, when the moon is full and at perigee simultaneously. This is rare because as the Earth revolves around the sun. the moon's orientation to Earth stays mostly the same. This changes where the Moon is in orbit during each full moon. But supermoons would even more rare if the moon didn't precess. Over many years, the moon's precession changes its orientation slightly.
It's often hard to differentiate a supermoon and a regular full moon. The best time to watch a supermoon is when it's low, near the horizon. So you can fully appreciate this rare moment in space and time.
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A super moon is a moon with cape
@pancake1655
6 жыл бұрын
Ajay kandhari i thought your dp has hair
@minniemarcum1150
6 жыл бұрын
not all moons wear capes
@mollythebunny9114
6 жыл бұрын
Good Boy same
@OldHoboManYouTube
6 жыл бұрын
Not even funny
@kiebrie
6 жыл бұрын
Ha Ha that's funny
Thank god no double echoed voices again
@pizzaking1618
6 жыл бұрын
That was to show if you were listening to two videos at once
Moon insider
This is false you just shoot the moon with a sniper and it becomes bigger
@Approximation
6 жыл бұрын
r4aulme omg GTA vice City good times..
@MrUtuber2012
6 жыл бұрын
Aah beat me to it
@dokki28
6 жыл бұрын
MrUtuber2012 hehe i did that 10 minutes after the video dropped
@erdo4321
6 жыл бұрын
ahahhaahha the good old gta days
@meinsfrenzy4753
6 жыл бұрын
idit
I saw one 3 weeks ago on a Saturday, I was coming home from playing soccer with some buds and I saw that the moon was yellow and bigger than normal it was insanely bright too
I saw one this summer in Dubai
@user-ot8sx7py1l
6 жыл бұрын
Deathcraft cool
I've seen these a lot! They're pretty cool!
Awesome I can't wait
like 1 or 2 years ago I saw a supermoon which looked 2x larger than a normal full moon.. IT WAS SOO BIG! So anytime you guys get to see a supermoon.. take the chance and hope it will be a good one ;)
Nice interedring wow! First time i know that!
good info
Wow, now I have to take ANOTHER moon picture? I already got the harvesting moon, now I have to watch for the Supermoon.
This thing just happened last night at 4:04 am dec 4 2017,it's really amazing, When I first saw it I thought it was the sun because it's really bright and huge!
I remember seeing that when I was trick or treating when I was 8 ( I’m not 9 ) and this wasn’t last year it was cool though it looked like you could walk up to it and touch it.
Thank you tech insider
What a beautiful thing to see! It looks like it could crush us, though
Tomorrow is Dec. 3, 2017! I wish the Supermoon will show again!
We saw the Supermoon in the Philippines. And, we sang the Buwan song in the 1st day of the supermoon.
Don’t you guys realize that the text that is shown in the video is also shown in the description?
I like how at the end it says watch more and there is no links to anything.
Although it is a good sight to view, it can create a lot of flooding in some tropical areas. Because the moon is closer to Earth, it creates a larger magnetic force between the water and the moon, causing the water level to rise much more than usual.
There teacher ... So this means that in case of sun eclipse, during supermoon, we won't see the sun's corona? Or do we have also supersun?
I acctualy got to see one yayyy!!!!
I saw a supermoon near the horizon. Lucky me!
Dang it, I missed the supermoon yesterday! I guess I'll have to wait 'til next year..
@dxcv_1364
3 жыл бұрын
nope is this year, sunday get ready!!
nice animation
I’m watching one tommorow and in March.. looks like I gotta stay up till 4am
Saw this 3 or 4 days ago!
@derpy8790
6 жыл бұрын
James Mc Donnell Was that a RIPD reference?
The super moon looks like my phone’s brightness when I check it in the middle of the night
I'm hyped for Sunday who else
I love supermoons :-)
Å super moon is still a moon.
@bj0rk
6 жыл бұрын
Gliter Carbon No shit, Sherlock...
@pastapasta6841
3 жыл бұрын
I agree even strawberry moon is a moon
@shaminsayyed4046
3 жыл бұрын
what is a supermoon moon? spacetalk98.blogspot.com/2020/09/what-is-supermoon.html?m=1
How are people getting these GIANT images of supermoons? I used to see them a LOT when I was a kid not realizing it wasn't normal, and it only got up to 3x bigger!!
2017: The year of space events: 2017: Solar Eclispe, Oinroid Meteor Shower, and now a supermoon.
070 Shake's Sunday Night Has the same picture in the thumbnail for the video
I saw it when my mom picked me up from a friends house.
Today is super moon!! No joke it’s sooo bright
:O just saw one yesterday
Imagine having to solve the exact possibility for this action to occur on a math test.
I have turned on Auto-Correction Mode. Google Keyboard tells Supermoon as a grammatical mistake and turns it to Supermom... 😂
@ts-eq6to
6 жыл бұрын
Just puts a space between "super" and "moon" for me. Wow you are so hilarious. God damn emoji using jew
@SwordBlaze
6 жыл бұрын
big bad platypus 😂
@ilkezilkez8069
6 жыл бұрын
lol
@johnsonzeng9599
6 жыл бұрын
So what did she gave birth to?
@adityaisgreat21
6 жыл бұрын
Lily The awesome Super Baby, Boss Baby or could be BABY...
I love super moon
This year in Singapore we had a super blue blood moon eclipse
Wow.\, I am watching this right on the day there is a supermoon.
I saw one of these on December
27.32 days?I thought it haven’t had a digits (unless it’s a half)
What about the supermoon lunar eclipse of sep. 25 2015?
Logic: when your a kid trying to find what simultaneously means. Edit 1= 1:54 the moon is made from cheese
I saw a supermoon in Malaysia!!!😃😃😉
@artycraftythecraftyponyaj6454
6 жыл бұрын
Shadow Gaming nice
I literally missed the super moon last night because it was so cloudy 😭
I keep hearing rumors that there will be another one on january 2018, I hope it’s true because I didn’t get to see it in my own eyes on december 3.
There was a time last year that there was somewhat a large ring in the sky idk whwt its called
Can you see this in Ireland?
I saw one in November 18
Where’s the cape for this “SuperMoon”?
Imagine if solar eclipse and super moon are same date that gonna be cool
So if you stand on a super moon... what happends then
Before January 1st 2018 i saw a super moon when I was younger but I had no idea what it was it was just a orange looking moon and I deal with it
I've seen one before. It was huge
why is the supermoon coming on december 3, the day that im going to travel on a 6 hour plane? :(
HOLY...THIS WILL OCCUR ON MY BIRTHDAY! I guess god really loves me 😂😂
*3rd December, Sunday* Me: *Points at the moon* "Hey, guys look! It's a super moon!" Them: *Looks at the lightly orange big moon* "... Huh?" Me: *Facepalm* " This video should be on trending so that more people will know ;-; My friend watches this channel though..
I saw a supermoon once,i dont remember what date it was
The Super Moon!😃
I've noticed the moon seeming much bigger recently
@phoenixmann8229
6 жыл бұрын
kashem ali same
I am seeing it right now.
anyone else, before watching an insider video, hope that there is no talking?
January 30th 2018!!
I feel accomplished. I knew what this was.
@loungesingershimmer
6 жыл бұрын
Hum Duniya thanks!
I never see this, i SHOULD SEE it
0:51 When i saw this.. I couldn't continue to watch.
That's why when I'm going to school at 5:50 I saw a giant moon and was orange
There was one a hour ago on 1/1/18
Is this channel related to tech and not about solar system
What I did not realise this wow..but SUPER BLUE BLOOD MOON IS HERE WOWAAW
I had one yesterday
A super moon brings back all the Dead enemies back to life. That’s when Gannon’s power is at its peck.
I have finally found the word with no *official* vowels. Syzygy
It takes 27.32 for the moon to orbit the earth, I never knew that. Thought it was 24hours...
I missed it I am watching this video the day after the super moon 😯😐😕
Wow so Seriously!😀
I saw a supermoon in my dream today. And I wake up yo this...
@priyanshudash7437
6 жыл бұрын
Sam Cubes lol wow
I saw this today and it doesn’t really look bigger nor brighter.
We had this happen in Australia and no one cared :/
How do moons look so big in some pictures? Even in actual view it looks smaller, and my phone camera mskes it look smaller.
@Goatix1954
6 жыл бұрын
Ever heard of a telescope?
@pioneltapinessi947
6 жыл бұрын
Goatix A telescope won't make the moon look 20 times bigger than normal to it's surroundings dumbass
@Goatix1954
6 жыл бұрын
Pionel tapinessi You obviously never have used a telescope Here is a video I got of a supermoon last year in December kzread.info/dash/bejne/mYeDj5qMm7WZkso.html
In gta games we can change size of moon by shooting with a sniper at them .
Imagine if the moon crushed us
@welshlegobuilder5024
6 жыл бұрын
PikGirl PikGirl The Earth would probably crush the Moon
@gavinstarks2761
6 жыл бұрын
Then ig we could say the Earth has a crush on the Moon
@vapenation7061
6 жыл бұрын
Gavin Starks *ba dum tss*
@imlunarcobra
6 жыл бұрын
Fun thoughts...
@minniemarcum1150
6 жыл бұрын
We can only hope.
Tonight 19/02/2019 perigee supermoon
I saw it a couple of times😜
I came in just the right time
I saw a super moon on the Fourth of July once
I saw a super moon one day and the day after it was red and orange
Interesting
Superman.
according my experience,if the moon is near the horizon,it will seemed to be very big.It's not necessary to be the super moon,it's just necessary to be the full moon(and some my friends even think it's not necessary to be fullmoon).But I don't know why.Anyone can helps me?
I saw the 2017 supermoon.
1:41 perfectly timed
Almost time
I saw a supermoon but i never knew what it was
@OldHoboManYouTube
6 жыл бұрын
xXJane WestroadXx lol you earned a sub
I saw one in Malaysia
Yo I saw the super moon it was crazy big