This image shows the most recent full moon, a Micro Moon, compared to the Super Moon that occured on May 5th of this year. The recent full moon occured very near to apogee, the moment when the moon is the farthest away from earth in its orbit. May 5th saw a Super Moon occuring at perigee, when the moon was about 50,000 kilometers closer to the earth in its orbit. This Super Moon looked even bigger than the sun from the viewer's point on earth. The next full Micro Moon does not occur until January of 2014. The size difference of the moons is very noticeable in a side by side comparison, but the last full moon looked as big and bright as any, to a viewer from earth.
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