CHIANG MAI (The Nation/Asia News Network): Residents and tourists in Chiang Mai were treated on Wednesday (Aug 30) night to the spectacular sight of a Super Full Moon shining brightly in the slightly cloudy sky over the northern province.
A Super Full Moon or Supermoon is a full moon that nearly coincides with perigee—the closest that the Moon comes to the Earth in its elliptic orbit—resulting in an apparently larger size of the lunar disk as viewed from Earth.
Although the Super Full Moon can be seen with the naked eye, the institute set up telescopes of several sizes for people to witness the lunar phenomenon up close. The Super Full Moon on Wednesday was more special as it was also a blue moon, the second of two full moons in a calendar month. Some call it the “Super Blue Moon”.
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