. "1" . _:vb7575182 "(astrology, astronomy) A full moon or new moon, when the Earth\u2013Moon distance is in the lowest tenth of its range."@en . _:vb7575183 . _:vb7575182 . _:vb7575183 "And should the moon happen to hit its ever-shifting orbital perigee at the same time that it lies athwart from the sun, we are treated to a so-called supermoon, a full moon that can seem close enough to embrace\u00A0\u2013 as much as 12 percent bigger and 30 percent brighter than the average full moon. [\u2026] Some astronomers dislike the whole supermoon hoopla. They point out that the term originated with astrology, not astronomy; that perigee full moons are not all that rare, coming an average of every 13 months; and that their apparently swollen dimensions are often as much a matter of optical illusion and wishful blinking as of relative lunar nearness."@en . _:vb7575183 "2014 September 7, Natalie Angier, \u201CThe Moon comes around again [print version: Revisiting a moon that still has secrets to reveal: Supermoon revives interest in its violent origins and hidden face, International New York Times, 10 September 2014, p.\u00A08]\u201D, in The New York Times\u200E[1]:"@en . . .