The natural phenomenon, the 'Supermoon', happens when the Full Moon is closest to the Earth during the Moon's orbit. The 'Perigee Moon' we saw on the 5th of May, 2012 is as much as 14% bigger and 30% brighter than other Full Moons this year, says NASA Science.
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