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KUCHING, Aug 30: The ‘supermoon’ or full moon phenomenon, which appears larger and brighter due to its position being closer to the Earth than usual, is expected to appear after sunset at 7.10pm tonight from the eastern horizon.
According to a TVS news report, this phenomenon is one of the biggest and brightest full moon phenomena in 2023.
However, it has nothing to do with colour and has been referred to as the second of two full moons that fall within a calendar month since the 1940s.
As a result, today’s expected full moon is the second full moon phenomenon in August. The first phenomenon, the Sturgeon month, occurred on Aug 1.
This full moon phenomenon occurs when the moon’s location is closer to the earth, causing the moon to appear almost imperceptibly larger in the sky.
Meanwhile, according to ‘In The Sky’, the supermoon at this time has not yet appeared in its largest and brightest form.
The full moon occurs when the moon is 180 degrees from the sun and completely opposite the stars in the sky above the earth.
In the meantime, according to NASA, the moon will be opposite the sun at 9.36pm on Wednesday, Aug 30 (3.36am on Aug 31) for this year’s supermoon.
It will be in the Aquarius constellation at this time. This supermoon is expected to set on Thursday around 6.46am, just after sunrise.
Although it is understood that not all supermoons are unusual, the phenomenon predicted tonight will see the moon at its closest to the Earth since the same event in 1948.
This year’s full moon on Nov 14 is the closest to Earth in the 21st century. It will not return to this close to the Earth until Nov 25, 2034. — DayakDaily
