Micromoon

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A full moon which appears unusually small due to coinciding with the Moon's apogee (the point in the Moon's orbit at which is it farthest away from Earth).

    "What you might notice tonight is that the moon will be brighter — about 30 percent brighter than a micromoon."

Synonyms

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apogee moonminimoon

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"What you might notice tonight is that the moon will be brighter — about 30 percent brighter than a micromoon."

Etymology

From micro- + moon.

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