Dec.’s full ‘cold moon’ will be a supermoon
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The last supermoon of the year will shine soon in December skies. The moon’s orbit around the Earth isn’t a perfect circle so it gets nearer and farther as it swings around. When a full moon is closer to Earth in its orbit,
The Moon is getting 1½ inches (3.8 centimeters) farther away from the Earth every year. Scientists measure the distance to the Moon by bouncing lasers off mirrors placed there by space probes and astronauts.
As viewed from the historic Mill Street Pier in West Sacramento’s Bridge District, Thursday night’s supermoon emerged over downtown Sacramento’s Emerald Tower around 6:48 p.m. The moon, reflected in the Sacramento River, then climbed above Wells Fargo Center — Sacramento’s tallest building.
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