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麻豆社国产photographer captures stunning shots of supermoon

Robert Keir captured these images of the so-called supermoon overnight on July 12.

Squamish's Robert Keir captured these images of the so-called supermoon overnight on July 12. 

A supermoon is when a full moon occurs at the closest point to Earth during its orbit. According to the , this makes it look bigger and brighter than on other nights.

 According to , supermoons can appear up to 16% brighter in the sky than the average full moon.

More scientifically called a perigee, the 'supermoon” term was coined in 1979 by astrologer Richard Nolle.

If you missed it, you can look into the night sky through Friday to capture it, according to NASA.



 

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