What (the heck) is a Super Worm Equinox Moon?
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What does the term "Super Worm Equinox Moon" mean and has it ever been used before this 2019 clickbait instance?
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Not to be confused with Moon Worm.
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What does the term "Super Worm Equinox Moon" mean and has it ever been used before this 2019 clickbait instance?
the-moon terminology
asked 3 hours ago
uhohuhoh
6,45221768
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Google News feed shows me the following.
What does the term "Super Worm Equinox Moon" mean and has it ever been used before this 2019 clickbait instance?
the-moon terminology
the-moon terminology
asked 3 hours ago
uhohuhoh
6,45221768
asked 3 hours ago
uhohuhoh
6,45221768
asked 3 hours ago
uhohuhoh
6,45221768
asked 3 hours ago
uhohuhoh
6,45221768
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uhohuhoh
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Not to be confused with Moon Worm.
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– Mike G
3 hours ago
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Not to be confused with Moon Worm.
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– Mike G
3 hours ago
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Not to be confused with Moon Worm.
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– Mike G
3 hours ago
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Not to be confused with Moon Worm.
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– Mike G
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All the monthly Full Moons are named e.g. list at timeanddate.com, of which "Harvest Moon" is the one people are probably most familiar with. So the March Full Moon is indeed the "Worm Moon" although rarely referred to as such. The extra hyperbole ("Super", "Blood" etc) seems to be a recent (within the last few years) media phenomenon for unknown reasons...
answered 3 hours ago
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I think "super" refers to the apparent size of the moon due to it being closer to Earth (since the orbit is not perfect and it is sometimes closer and sometimes farther)? And "blood" refers to the reddish color.
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– Thunderforge
1 hour ago
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All those adjectives being smooshed together signify a rare event. That's why you've never seen them together like that before.
All 3 conditions have to hold true:
- It's a supermoon, which means the full moon coincides with the moons perigee or nearest approach. That can make it appear up to 30% brighter than a typical full moon.
- It's a worm moon, which means it is occurring in the month of March (see @astrosnapper's answer for a better explanation of that).
- It's during an equinox, basically the first day of spring (or autumn).
If any one of those isn't happening then it can't be called a Super Worm Equinox Moon.
Apparently, the term supermoon (all one word, by the way) is a relatively recent thing. I tried to view it on Google N Gram viewer, but...
It is a particularly bright full moon and it does deserve to have its own terminology, IMO.
answered 35 mins ago
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All the monthly Full Moons are named e.g. list at timeanddate.com, of which "Harvest Moon" is the one people are probably most familiar with. So the March Full Moon is indeed the "Worm Moon" although rarely referred to as such. The extra hyperbole ("Super", "Blood" etc) seems to be a recent (within the last few years) media phenomenon for unknown reasons...
answered 3 hours ago
astrosnapperastrosnapper
3,032524
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I think "super" refers to the apparent size of the moon due to it being closer to Earth (since the orbit is not perfect and it is sometimes closer and sometimes farther)? And "blood" refers to the reddish color.
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– Thunderforge
1 hour ago
add a comment |
$begingroup$
All the monthly Full Moons are named e.g. list at timeanddate.com, of which "Harvest Moon" is the one people are probably most familiar with. So the March Full Moon is indeed the "Worm Moon" although rarely referred to as such. The extra hyperbole ("Super", "Blood" etc) seems to be a recent (within the last few years) media phenomenon for unknown reasons...
answered 3 hours ago
astrosnapperastrosnapper
3,032524
$endgroup$
$begingroup$
I think "super" refers to the apparent size of the moon due to it being closer to Earth (since the orbit is not perfect and it is sometimes closer and sometimes farther)? And "blood" refers to the reddish color.
$endgroup$
– Thunderforge
1 hour ago
add a comment |
$begingroup$
All the monthly Full Moons are named e.g. list at timeanddate.com, of which "Harvest Moon" is the one people are probably most familiar with. So the March Full Moon is indeed the "Worm Moon" although rarely referred to as such. The extra hyperbole ("Super", "Blood" etc) seems to be a recent (within the last few years) media phenomenon for unknown reasons...
answered 3 hours ago
astrosnapperastrosnapper
3,032524
$endgroup$
All the monthly Full Moons are named e.g. list at timeanddate.com, of which "Harvest Moon" is the one people are probably most familiar with. So the March Full Moon is indeed the "Worm Moon" although rarely referred to as such. The extra hyperbole ("Super", "Blood" etc) seems to be a recent (within the last few years) media phenomenon for unknown reasons...
answered 3 hours ago
astrosnapperastrosnapper
3,032524
answered 3 hours ago
astrosnapperastrosnapper
3,032524
answered 3 hours ago
astrosnapperastrosnapper
3,032524
answered 3 hours ago
astrosnapperastrosnapper
3,032524
3,032524
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I think "super" refers to the apparent size of the moon due to it being closer to Earth (since the orbit is not perfect and it is sometimes closer and sometimes farther)? And "blood" refers to the reddish color.
$endgroup$
– Thunderforge
1 hour ago
add a comment |
$begingroup$
I think "super" refers to the apparent size of the moon due to it being closer to Earth (since the orbit is not perfect and it is sometimes closer and sometimes farther)? And "blood" refers to the reddish color.
$endgroup$
– Thunderforge
1 hour ago
$begingroup$
I think "super" refers to the apparent size of the moon due to it being closer to Earth (since the orbit is not perfect and it is sometimes closer and sometimes farther)? And "blood" refers to the reddish color.
$endgroup$
– Thunderforge
1 hour ago
$begingroup$
I think "super" refers to the apparent size of the moon due to it being closer to Earth (since the orbit is not perfect and it is sometimes closer and sometimes farther)? And "blood" refers to the reddish color.
$endgroup$
– Thunderforge
1 hour ago
add a comment |
$begingroup$
All those adjectives being smooshed together signify a rare event. That's why you've never seen them together like that before.
All 3 conditions have to hold true:
- It's a supermoon, which means the full moon coincides with the moons perigee or nearest approach. That can make it appear up to 30% brighter than a typical full moon.
- It's a worm moon, which means it is occurring in the month of March (see @astrosnapper's answer for a better explanation of that).
- It's during an equinox, basically the first day of spring (or autumn).
If any one of those isn't happening then it can't be called a Super Worm Equinox Moon.
Apparently, the term supermoon (all one word, by the way) is a relatively recent thing. I tried to view it on Google N Gram viewer, but...
It is a particularly bright full moon and it does deserve to have its own terminology, IMO.
answered 35 mins ago
OctopusOctopus
1164
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$begingroup$
All those adjectives being smooshed together signify a rare event. That's why you've never seen them together like that before.
All 3 conditions have to hold true:
- It's a supermoon, which means the full moon coincides with the moons perigee or nearest approach. That can make it appear up to 30% brighter than a typical full moon.
- It's a worm moon, which means it is occurring in the month of March (see @astrosnapper's answer for a better explanation of that).
- It's during an equinox, basically the first day of spring (or autumn).
If any one of those isn't happening then it can't be called a Super Worm Equinox Moon.
Apparently, the term supermoon (all one word, by the way) is a relatively recent thing. I tried to view it on Google N Gram viewer, but...
It is a particularly bright full moon and it does deserve to have its own terminology, IMO.
answered 35 mins ago
OctopusOctopus
1164
$endgroup$
add a comment |
$begingroup$
All those adjectives being smooshed together signify a rare event. That's why you've never seen them together like that before.
All 3 conditions have to hold true:
- It's a supermoon, which means the full moon coincides with the moons perigee or nearest approach. That can make it appear up to 30% brighter than a typical full moon.
- It's a worm moon, which means it is occurring in the month of March (see @astrosnapper's answer for a better explanation of that).
- It's during an equinox, basically the first day of spring (or autumn).
If any one of those isn't happening then it can't be called a Super Worm Equinox Moon.
Apparently, the term supermoon (all one word, by the way) is a relatively recent thing. I tried to view it on Google N Gram viewer, but...
It is a particularly bright full moon and it does deserve to have its own terminology, IMO.
answered 35 mins ago
OctopusOctopus
1164
$endgroup$
All those adjectives being smooshed together signify a rare event. That's why you've never seen them together like that before.
All 3 conditions have to hold true:
- It's a supermoon, which means the full moon coincides with the moons perigee or nearest approach. That can make it appear up to 30% brighter than a typical full moon.
- It's a worm moon, which means it is occurring in the month of March (see @astrosnapper's answer for a better explanation of that).
- It's during an equinox, basically the first day of spring (or autumn).
If any one of those isn't happening then it can't be called a Super Worm Equinox Moon.
Apparently, the term supermoon (all one word, by the way) is a relatively recent thing. I tried to view it on Google N Gram viewer, but...
It is a particularly bright full moon and it does deserve to have its own terminology, IMO.
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