Source: Fox News
Skygazers are enjoying the ‘full worm supermoon,’ the third and final supermoon of 2019.
Photographers across the globe have been capturing stunning pictures of the supersize Moon.
March’s full moon was dubbed the ‘full worm moon’ by Native Americans because it occurs at a time of year when the ground is softening, and earthworm casts (worm manure) start to reappear, according to the Old Farmer’s Almanac.
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Supermoons happen when the Moon’s elliptical orbit brings it to the closest point to Earth while the Moon is full.
The Moon became a ‘supermoon’ on March 19 when it was 223,308 miles away from Earth.
The phrase was coined in 1979, according to NASA. “When a full moon appears at perigee [its closest point to Earth] it is slightly brighter and larger than a regular full moon—and that’s where we get a ‘supermoon’,” explains the space agency, on its website.
The Moon will turn full at 9:43 p.m. ET on March 20, according to EarthSky. This year the full moon occurs less than four hours after the March equinox, which marks the start of spring in the Northern Hemisphere.
Space.com reports that the Moon has appeared full…
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