Deer supermoon: what is it and when will the biggest full moon of 2022 be seen?

After a month of striking cosmic events visible in the sky, July brings us the deer moon, which this time will be a supermoon and not just any, but the largest and brightest of 2022.

Once again, we will have the opportunity to appreciate a supermoon. But what is unique about this month and why will it look even bigger? We tell you.

July’s full moon is so named because, according to Native American traditions, this is the month when new antlers emerge from male deer.

According to NASA, this is also called a thunder moon “because of the frequency of thunderstorms during this hot and dry month.”

It is called a supermoon when the visible side of our satellite enters the full moon phase. near perigee (the closest point in its orbit to Earth). Because of this, it looks a bit bigger and brighter than normal.

In short, the ‘requirement’ for a full moon to be considered a supermoon is to be less than 360,000 km from our planet or to have reached 90% of perigee.

This month, it will occur just nine hours after reaching its perigee, so it will show its maximum splendor when it is only 357,418km away (the average is 384,400 km), closer than any other to 2022.

For these reasons, it will be a deer supermoon.

According to the Time and Date portal, the perigee of the Moon will be June 13th at 04:08 a.m. (Peru time) and the full moon phase will arrive at 1:37 p.m., at which time it will become a supermoon, visible throughout the night.

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