Wednesday, May 02, 2012

Perigee "Super Moon" on May 5-6, 2012

Source - NASA Science News for May 2, 2012

The full Moon of May 5-6, 2012, is a perigee moon, as much as 14% bigger and 30% brighter than other full moons of 2012.

The full story can be found here: http://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2012/02may_supermoon/

A companion video is posted below and can also be viewed at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kOplwuMTyS4

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