The full moon of November is traditionally called the "Beaver Moon". This year it is also a so-called "supermoon", because it becomes full when the moon is near perigee (closest to Earth). The term supermoon is largely meaningless and mostly serves for news-media click-bait purposes. This November full moon has an apparent size of 33.2' (arcmin). The December full moon, which does not meet the arbitrary "supermoon" definition, will have an apparent size of 32.6', only 1.8% smaller. Meaningless.
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| Moonrise over Snowshoe Mtn. 15 November, 6:41 pm MST. |
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| 6:42 pm |
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| Moonset over Bristol Head. 16 November, 6:34 am MST. |
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| 16 November, 7:21 am MST. |
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| Setting over Bristol Head. 7:42 am MST |
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| 7:43 am |
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