Just when you thought the names of supermoons this year couldn't be any more obscure, behold, the super worm equinox moon.
Keen-eyed stargazers in the southern hemisphere will be able to see a supermoon on Thursday night — but not before those in the north have seen it first.
But the northerners won't be seeing just any old supermoon this evening — it's a"super worm equinox moon". Yep. Just when you thought the names of supermoons couldn't be any more obscure or less science-based.The word equinox can be attributed to the fact that the supermoon happens to fall on— hence why it's only a super worm equinox moon in the northern hemisphere.During the equinox, the sun crosses the plane of the Earth's equator, making night and day all over the Earth of equal length.
As for the worm part? Supermoons tend to get their name from Native American tribes and according to National Geographic, this moon coincides withThis is the first super worm equinox moon in 19 years, and follows a flurry of brilliant moons this season, including the
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