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Watch Supermoon Shining Over Santiago, Chile

© AP Photo / Virginia MayoThe Super Blood Wolf Moon eclipse in Antwerp, Belgium, Monday, Jan. 21, 2019. The eclipse takes place when the full moon is at or near the closest point in its orbit to Earth, a time popularly known as a supermoon. This means the Moon is deeper inside the umbra shadow and therefore may appear darker.
The Super Blood Wolf Moon eclipse in Antwerp, Belgium, Monday, Jan. 21, 2019. The eclipse takes place when the full moon is at or near the closest point in its orbit to Earth, a time popularly known as a supermoon. This means the Moon is deeper inside the umbra shadow and therefore may appear darker. - Sputnik International
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This week people have had a lot of reason to observe the sky as the Earth passes through space rocks and dust left by Halley’s Comet, resulting in the magnificent Eta Aquarii meteor shower observed on Tuesday and Wednesday.

The rare supermoon, or "flower moon" is visible in over the South American country of Chile. A supermoon is a full moon or a new moon that nearly coincides with the perigee—the closest that our planet's natural satellite comes to the Earth in its elliptic orbit—resulting in an apparent larger size of the lunar disk as viewed from Earth.

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