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The moon rises near Glastonbury Tor a day before the "supermoon" spectacle, in Glastonbury, Britain, 13 Nov. 2016
Photo: Andrew Fusek Peters Moon rising in Shropshire 14 Nov. 2016
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The Big Moon is seen over the historical Galata Tower in Istanbul, Turkey, 14 Nov. 2016
‘Supermoon’ became a term thanks to an astrologer in the 1970s! It refers to a full moon that is at perigee, or at its closest position to Earth along its orbit.
The moon is typically about 238,900 miles,away from Earth, but was about 221,524 miles away from Earth this week.
The moon will not look as large as it does on Monday until 2034 and the last time it was this big was in January 1948.
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