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SuperMoon - 1st January 2018

rolion · 2018-01-02 11:29:53

STARGAZERS ACROSS THE world kicked off the new year with an amazing sight last night – the first supermoon of the year. A supermoon occurs when the moon is closest to earth on its orbit and there’s also a full moon in the sky. It appears brighter and larger – something hard to spot with the naked eye – than normal. Last…

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STARGAZERS ACROSS THE world kicked off the new year with an amazing sight last night – the first supermoon of the year.

A supermoon occurs when the moon is closest to earth on its orbit and there’s also a full moon in the sky. It appears brighter and larger – something hard to spot with the naked eye – than normal.

Last night, the moon reached its closest point to Earth – some 3,56,565km – shortly before 10pm. It became full at 2.30am.

Photographers across Ireland and the world were out capturing it in the January sky.

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Below, my completely innocent photo taken at the Blanchardstown Shopping Centre.

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