2021 April 30 - Pink and the Perigee Moon
Channel: APOD Podcast
Date: 2021-04-30

In today's image, we see the full moon from a few days ago. This was an example of a perigee moon or supermoon which occurs when the full moon occurs near perigee. At perigee, our Moon will be closest to Earth and will appear slightly larger in the sky and brighter than usual. 

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