It is not until mid-June that a huge, strawberry-colored moon can be admired at night. On Wednesday night, sky-gazers can again look forward to a super moon. This time, too, the natural spectacle has something special to offer.
With a full moon, the second so-called super moon is expected on Wednesday within a few weeks. “It’s the closest full moon to earth this year,” said Sven Melchert, chairman of the Association of Star Friends in Germany. When it rises on the horizon for the people in Germany, however, it is already a little further away from this point. At moonrise, Earth’s satellite is 357,517 kilometers away from Earth. Even so, it will be the biggest supermoon of the year.
The spectacle can be admired when there are no clouds obscuring the view, with a view to the south. In summer, the moon rises in the southeast in the evening and sets in the southwest in the morning. According to the Sternfreunde, it rises above the horizon in Munich at 9:36 p.m., in Hamburg at 10:17 p.m., in Berlin at 9:56 p.m. and in Cologne at 10:12 p.m. The moon appears particularly large directly after rising and shortly before setting.
According to the German weather service in Offenbach, sky-gazers nationwide have the chance to admire the bright super moon that night. In the north and in the middle there is changing but no dense cloud cover. In the south it is partly clear. “I’m not ruling out a chance anywhere,” said one meteorologist.
The so-called super moon occurs when the earth companion comes particularly close to our planet in its elliptical orbit and the moon is full at the same time. According to calculations by the US space agency NASA, a super full moon can appear up to 14 percent larger than a full moon, which is at the farthest point in its orbit from Earth. In order to clarify the size between a super full moon and a full moon far away from earth, the experts speak of a difference between a 1 euro and a 2 euro coin.
