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After the Supermoon: 'Ring of Fire' Solar Eclipse on Display in Western U.S. May 20

Did you catch a view of Saturday's Supermoon? Why it was cool: • It was a perigee moon, a full-moon phase that brings the moon more than 15,000 miles closer to earth than during other phases. • It appeared around 30% brighter and 14% larger than customary. If you missed it, scroll through a boffo online collection of Supermoon photographs assembled by The Atlantic, or watch the following report below that aired Sunday on NBC Nightly News. (Sorry about the lead-in ad.) While the moon is ...

Posted by T.D. Wood on May 7, 2012 5:04 PM & Tagged astronomy, national parks, solar eclipse and supermoon | permalink | Comments