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The Earth Science Picture of the Day (EPOD) highlights the diverse processes
and phenomena which shape our planet and our lives. EPOD will collect and
archive photos, imagery, graphics, and artwork with short explanatory
captions and links exemplifying features within the Earth system. The
community is invited to contribute digital imagery, short captions and
relevant links.


 The Moon’s Journey - Apogee to Perigee

   September 22, 2021

    Journey of the Moon

   Photographer:  Soumyadeep Mukherjee

   Summary Author:  Soumyadeep Mukherjee

   The image above shows a compilation of all the full moons during its
   most recent journey from  apogee when it was furthest from Earth
   (October 31, 2020) to its latest  perigee or closest approach to
   Earth (May 26, 2021). All eight full moons that appeared in this time
   varied in size, with its  angular diameter in the sky growing with
   every full moon. For comparison, the  supermoon at perigee on May
   26, 2021 was almost 15% larger than the  micromoon at apogee on
   October 31, 2020.

   Each moon image is a stack of 225 images (best 75% of 300 images) taken
   from the same location, with the same equipment, and at the same focal
   length (600mm). The details of each moon- including the date of
   capture, name of full moon, distance from earth and angular diameter-
   are mentioned in the compilation image.

   Photo Details: Nikon D5600, Sigma 150-600c, Post-processing: PIPP,
   Autostakkert, Adobe Camera Raw, Photoshop
     * Kolkata, India Coordinates: 22.5726, 88.3639

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Night Sky Links

     *  Space Weather Live
     *  Space Weather Live Forum
     *  About the Moon
     *  American Meteor Society
     *  Arbeitskreises Meteore e.V.
     *  Global City Lights
     *  Heavens Above Home Page
     *  The International Meteor Organization
     *  Lunar and Planetary Institute
     *  MoonConnection
     *  NASA Eclipse Web Page
     *  Understanding The Moon Phases

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