Tonight on Earth rises super-moon

On the night of 10 August 11 moon as close as possible in its orbit to the Earth and the inhabitants of the planet will be able to observe an interesting phenomenon - superlunie.Superlunie - is one of the variants of the full moon that happen 13 times year, said the publication "Today" senior researcher of the Main Astronomical Observatory Sergei Smirnov.

The Moon's orbit is not a circle but an ellipse. In this satellite can approach the planet or move away from it. "When the orbit of the most converging at the time of the full moon, we see a very large moon - this is the so-called Supermoon. This phenomenon is observed on August 10, "- said Smirnov.

Moon will be a good look in clear weather - it will look a third brighter than usual.

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