Supermoon

                         The Supermoon

                      

The supermoon of March 19, 2011 on the right 

compared to an average moon of December 20, 2010 on the left

A supermoon is the coincidence of a full moon or a new moon with the closest approach the Moon makes to the Earth on its elliptical orbit, resulting in the largest apparent size of the moon's disk as seen from Earth. The technical name is the perigee-syzygy of the Earth-Moon-Sun system.

Our SUPERMOON.

May 6, 2012

Seen from our backyard in Kennewick, WA

Super cool, right?