Last night we all became stargazers. As we stepped outside, we got to see a full moon closer to the Earth than it has been in more than 20 years.<\/p>\n
Just what is a supermoon<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a>\u00a0that so many people are talking about? The supermoon<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>\u00a0is when\u00a0the full moon coincides with the moon’s closest approach to the Earth during its elliptical orbit around us.\u00a0At its closest, the full moon is about 14 percent wider and 30 percent brighter than it is at its farthest.<\/p>\n Thanks to EarthSky.com<\/a>, we learned that supermoon<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>\u00a0is not an astronomical term. Richard Nolle came up with the term 30 years ago. So what do astronomers call supermoon<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>?\u00a0They\u00a0call them perigee full moons, as perigee means “near Earth.” Last night’s\u00a0supermoon<\/span><\/span><\/span> will be the second in a trio of supermoons<\/span><\/span><\/span>, with one having happened on Jul 12 and the next due to appear on Sep 9.<\/p>\n When it comes to social media,\u00a0the hashtag #supermoon2014 was trending as people shared their images. They were coming in full force! We’ve compiled some supermoon<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span> pictures from Facebook<\/a>, Twitter<\/a>, Google+<\/a>, and Instagram<\/a>.\u00a0We\u00a0couldn’t post every picture, but here are some, in our opinion, that really stood out.<\/p>\n