supermoon
/ˈsuːpəmuːn
/noun
The phenomenon whereby the moon appears particularly large in the sky owing to the coincidence of its closest approach to the earth (the perigee) with a full (or new) moon: this year’s supermoon will occur on June 23 in early May, a gleaming supermoon appeared...
- A supermoon, which occurs when the moon is nearest to the earth and looks much bigger and brighter than usual, rises about once a year.
- "Supermoon means supertide, and the high tide brings the fish," said Christian Burgain, 52, who cast a line into the dark water lapping the sea wall underneath the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge.
- There was talk of king tides and supermoons, enough to bring the curious to the shores of New York City on Saturday night.