Strawberry Supermoon from China
Explanation:
There are four Full Supermoons in 2022.
Using
the definition of a supermoon as
a Full Moon near perigee, that is
within at least 90% of its closest approach to Earth in a given orbit,
the year's Full Supermoon dates are May 16, June 14, July 13, and August 12.
Full
Moons
near perigee really are the brightest
and largest in planet Earth's sky.
But size and brightness differences between Full Moons
are relatively small and an actual
comparison
with other Full Moons is difficult to make by eye alone.
Two exposures are blended in this supermoon and sky view from June 14.
That Full Moon was also known to northern
hemisphere skygazers
as the
Strawberry moon.
The consecutive short and long exposures allow familiar features
on the fully sunlit lunar nearside to be seen in the same image as a
faint lunar corona
and an atmospheric cloudscape.
They were captured in skies over
Chongqing, China.
Authors & editors:
Robert Nemiroff
(MTU) &
Jerry Bonnell
(USRA)
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NASA Official: Jay Norris.
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LHEA at
NASA /
GSFC
& Michigan Tech. U.
