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- noun astrology a
full moon ornew moon , when the Earth-Moon distance is in the lowest tenth of its range
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AccuWeather blogger Mark Paquette said he thinks the phrase "supermoon" originated on the blog post earlier this month, Paquette said a new or full moon at 90 percent or more of its closest perigee qualifies as a "supermoon."
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I do hope I can help mitigate the panic and worry that can happen due to people blaming this earthquake on the so-called "supermoon" -- a date when the Moon is especially close to the Earth at the same time it's full.
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"It is called a supermoon because this is a very noticeable alignment that at first glance would seem to have an effect," Garvin explained.
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The seed for the idea was planted by an astrologer, who contended that this large full moon - a so-called "supermoon"- would touch off natural disasters like the
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A supermoon is a new or full moon that happens to coincide with a close approach of the moon to the earth.
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A supermoon is a new or full moon that happens to coincide with a close approach of the moon to the earth.
The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com The Huffington Post News Editors 2011
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A supermoon is a new or full moon that happens to coincide with a close approach of the moon to the earth.
The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com The Huffington Post News Editors 2011
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In fact, it will appear 12.3 percent smaller than the so-called supermoon of March 2011.
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The moon will appear about 12 percent smaller than the so-called supermoon we observed earlier this year.
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A supermoon is a new or full moon that happens to coincide with a close approach of the moon to the earth.
The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com The Huffington Post News Editors 2011
bilby commented on the word supermoon
See perigee-syzygy.
March 19, 2011