Saturday night the moon was about 221,802 miles from Earth and 15,300 miles closer than average. The moon appeared about 14% bigger and 30% brighter then normal full moons. The word "super moon" was first used in 1979 to describe a full moon that occurs simultaneously with perigee. Perigee is the period in the orbit of the moon where it is closes to earth. the moon reaches perigee once per orbit, ever 27.5 days, but a "super moon" occurs about every 14 months.

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