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For the first time in more than 30 years, people in most parts of the world will witness a supermoon in combination with a total lunar eclipse on September 27.<\/p>\n
The total eclipse will last an hour and 12 minutes and will be visible to North and South America, Europe, Africa, and parts of West Asia and the eastern Pacific.<\/p>\n
Earth\u2019s shadow will begin to dim the supermoon slightly.<\/p>\n
Viewers can see the supermoon unmasked after nightfall. The total lunar eclipse will mask the moon\u2019s larger-than-life face for more than an hour.<\/p>\n
\u201cBecause the orbit of the moon is not a perfect circle, the moon is sometimes closer to the Earth than at other times during its orbit,\u201d said Noah Petro, deputy project scientist at NASA\u2019s Goddard Space Flight Centre in Greenbelt, Maryland.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen the Moon is farthest away, it\u2019s known as apogee and when it\u2019s closest it\u2019s known as perigee. On September 27, we are going to have a perigee full moon –\u00a0the closest full moon of the year,\u201d he said in a statement.<\/p>\n
At perigee, the moon is about 50,000 km closer to earth than at apogee.<\/p>\n
That distance equates to more than once around the circumference of earth.<\/p>\n
Its looming proximity makes the moon appear 14 per cent larger and 30 per cent brighter in the sky than an apogee full moon, which sparked the term supermoon.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere\u2019s no physical difference in the moon. It just appears slightly bigger in the sky. It\u2019s not dramatic, but it does look larger,\u201d Mr. Petro added.<\/p>\n
Despite its rarity, Mr. Petro said the event is not cause for concern.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe only thing that will happen on Earth during an eclipse is that people will wake up the next morning with neck pain because they spent the night looking up,\u201d he said and chuckled.<\/p>\n
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