Supermoon closest to Earth in almost seven decades

On November 14,  a full moon was closest to Earth in almost seven decades, offering a rare sight to people around the world. Wherever, the skies were clear, people caught a glimpse of supermoon. It was particularly a delight for space students, scientists, and researchers.

Supermoon was 221,526 miles away from the center of Earth, the closest sincce January 26, 1948. According to scientists, the full moon won’t be closer to our planet until November 25, 2034 when it’ll be 221,485 miles from the center of Earth.

The image below of the near-Full moon was taken on 11/14/16, 8″ reflector, direct imaging, 6 hours before greatest full moon, according to details posted on the Wikipedia.

By Tomruen (Own work) [CC BY-SA 4.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0)], via Wikimedia Commons