The "supermoon" is BS

A supermoon is not visually, nor geophysically significant. Even the full size version of the image below is a very large magnification. To get the real effect of its significance, look at this thumbnail below from at least 15 feet away.

Average sized moon vs. "supermoon"
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Any pictures you see this weekend or during any subsequent "supermoon" event (which are still beautiful and magnificant sights, don't get me wrong) will be nothing more than uninformed misinterpretations of the Moon illusion: where objects close to the horizon appear larger than it does further into the sky.

• Check out a Google Image search of "Moon on horizon"

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I'm glad people are interested in the world and universe around them, but it's being portrayed in an unacceptable, unscientific manor.