SOLAR SYSTEM

Detailed explanation-1: -This variation in distance produces several effects which we can observe here on Earth. For example, the Moon travels faster across the sky at perigee, and slower at apogee.

Detailed explanation-2: -A supermoon occurs when the Moon’s orbit is closest (perigee) to Earth at the same time the Moon is full.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Moon orbits Earth at a speed of 2, 288 miles per hour (3, 683 kilometers per hour). During this time it travels a distance of 1, 423, 000 miles (2, 290, 000 kilometers).

Detailed explanation-4: -The moon travels around the Earth in an elliptical orbit, a slightly stretched-out circle. When the moon is closest to Earth, its rotation is slower than its journey through space, allowing observers to see an additional 8 degrees on the eastern side.

Detailed explanation-5: -A supermoon occurs when the full moon coincides with the moon’s closest approach to Earth in its orbit. Supermoons make the moon appear a little brighter and closer than normal, although the difference is hard to spot with the naked eye.