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Another Supermoon To Rise Monday
Look to the night sky Monday, July 22, to catch a glimpse of a "giant" moon as its fullest and closest point.
A slightly less "super" but no less spectacular supermoon will brighten the skies above Concord Monday night, just a month after the last supermoon.
The weather is expected to be partly cloudy Monday evening, possibly obscuring the viewing of a large, bright moon.
A "supermoon" is defined as being a new or full moon that occurring at or near its closest approach to Earth in a given orbit, according to EarthSky.com. July's occurrence will actually be the third "supermoon" of the year. Although technically this month's display is a "perigee full moon," everyone other than pedantic astrologers will be calling a "supermoon," thanks to to a generous definition coined in recent decades by an astrologer.
There are between four and six supermoons a year on average, according to EarthSky.com,Â
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