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A “MiniMoon” Seen Around the World
Thursday, January 16, 2014 7:43
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A 99% illuminated Moon within 24 hours of Full. Image Credit: Paul Cotton, Lincolnshire, England.
So, did last night’s Full Wolf Moon seem a bit tinier than usual? It was no illusion, as avid readers of Universe Today know. As we wrote earlier this eek, last night’s Full Moon was the most distant for 2014, occurring just a little under three hours after apogee.(…)
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Source: http://www.universetoday.com/108129/a-minimoon-seen-around-the-world/
