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Full moon tonight will be year’s smallest

The full moon tonight is no ordinary moon. It is actually the smallest full moon of the year. This is known as a micro or mini moon.

The moon’s orbit isn’t a perfect circular path, it’s an elliptical path.

This means during orbit, there is a period of time when the moon is farthest (apogee) from Earth, and closest (perigee) to Earth.

When the full moon phase occurs around the time of apogee it is called a mini or micro moon. When it occurs around the time of perigee, it is called a super moon.

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