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Earth to witness biggest supermoon of the year today: Check details

The supermoon be visible for the next three days and people across the world would be able to see till Friday morning, according to Nasa

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The eclipsing blood moon captured in Coimbatore. (File Photo: PTI/Representative)

BS Web Team New Delhi
Earth will witness the biggest supermoon of the year on Wednesday. Moon will be at the closest distance to Earth in 2022 on July 13.

The supermoon be visible for the next three days and people across the world would be able to see till Friday morning, according to Nasa.

The supermoon phenomenon happens on a full moon night when Moon is at its closest approach to the Earth or when a full moon is within 90 per cent of the perigee. This phenomenon makes moon appear bigger and brighter than usual.

The moon will be 357,264 kilometres away from the Earth on

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