The Year's Largest 'Boreumdal' Rises on the Night of the 7th

[Asia Economy Reporter Junho Hwang] The largest full moon of the year will rise starting the night of the 7th. The full moon, which grows from the night of the 7th, will reach its peak as a "supermoon" at 11:35 a.m. on the 8th. However, it is expected to be difficult to observe with the naked eye during the daytime. The Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute announced the results of moonrise and moonset observations on the 3rd.

The largest full moon of the year can be observed starting from the 7th. On that day, the moon can be observed from 5:59 p.m., and it is expected to reach its peak at 3:09 a.m. on the 8th as it grows larger. After that, due to sunrise, it is expected to be difficult to observe the full moon with the naked eye. However, the time when the full moon is largest is shown to be 11:35 a.m. on the 8th.

The reason the full moon appears especially large at this time, unlike other full moons that appear every month, is because the Earth and the moon are closest to each other. The moon orbits the Earth in an elliptical orbit. When the distance between the Earth and the moon is close, the moon appears larger, and conversely, when it is farther, the moon appears smaller. On the 8th, the distance between the Earth and the moon is about 356,907 km, which is more than 27,500 km closer than the average Earth-moon distance of 384,400 km.

The institute explained, "The period during which the moon orbits the Earth in an elliptical orbit and approaches or moves away, called one anomalistic month (from perigee to perigee), is about 27.56 days, and the synodic month (from one full moon to the next) is about 29.5 days," adding, "Because the cycle of the full moon coinciding with perigee or apogee is irregular, this phenomenon occurs in different months each year."

Moonrise and moonset times for other regions can be found on the Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute's Astronomy and Space Knowledge Information website.

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