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Supermoon Rising Saturday June 22
Full Moon over New York Full Moon over San Francisco The largest full moon of 2013, a "Supermoon," will light up the night sky this weekend. On Sunday, June 23, at 7 a.m. EDT (1100 GMT), the moon will arrive at perigee — the point in its orbit its orbit bringing it closest to Earth), a distance of 221,824 miles (356,991 kilometers). The moon typically reaches perigee once each month (and on some occasions twice), with their respective distances to Earth varying by 3 percent.
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