Supermoon is a full or new moon that coincides with a close approach by the Moon to the Earth. The Moon’s distance varies each month between approximately 354,000 km (220,000 mi) and 410,000 km (254,000 mi) due to its elliptical orbit around Earth.
The following is a list of past and predicted extreme supermoons between 1950 and 2050:
November 10, 1954, November 20, 1972, January 8, 1974, February 26, 1975, December 2, 1990, January 19, 1992, March 8, 1993, January 10, 2005, December 12, 2008, January 30, 2010, March 19, 2011, November 14, 2016, January 2, 2018, January 21, 2023, November 25, 2034, January 13, 2036
The combined effect of the Sun and Moon on the Earth’s oceans, the tide, is greatest when the Moon is new or full. At lunar perigee the tidal force is even stronger, resulting in more extreme high and low tides, but even at its most powerful this force is still weak. Article source: Wikipedia
My Snaps of the Super moon on 20-March-2011
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