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Credit & Copyright: Jerry Lodriguss
(Catching the Light)
Explanation:
A supermoon
sets over the metropolis of Philadelphia in this
twilight snapshot captured on November 14 at 6:21am Eastern Standard Time.
Within hours of the Moon's exact full phase,
that time does correspond to a lunar perigee or the closest point in
the Moon's elliptical orbit around
our fair planet.
Slightly bigger and brighter at perigee, this Full Moon is still
flattened and distorted in appearance by refraction in atmospheric
layers along the sight-line near the horizon.
Also like more ordinary Full Moons, it shines with the warm
color of sunlight.
Joined by buildings along the Philadelphia skyline, the perigee full
moonlight is reflected in the waters of
the mighty Schuylkill River.
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