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ASTROLOGY Q. Whats a SuperMoon?

April 26, 2017astrology

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ASTROLOGY Q. Whats a SuperMoon?

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A. SuperMoon is a word I coined in a 1979 article for Dell Publishing Company’s HOROSCOPE magazine. It’s a new or full moon which coincides with the Moon’s closest approach to Earth. The astronomical term is perigee-syzygy – perigee meaning closest to Earth, syzygy meaning an alignment of Sun, Moon and Earth. Say perigee-syzygy fast a couple of times, and you’ll instantly recognize why I came up with SuperMoon. See the 20th Century SuperMoon TABLE for a listing of these alignments.