Super Moon

The Moon doesn't orbit the Earth in a perfectly circular orbit. The orbit is slightly elliptical - in other words, slightly egg shaped. It takes 28 days for the Moon to go round once. In the meantime, the Earth moves round the Sun. A full moon occurs when the Sun, Earth and Moon are lined up. Because the Earth is going round the Earth, 28 days later the Moon won't be at the same point on its ellipse. So this month it happens that the Moon is at the part of its orbit where the ellipse comes closest to Earth in time for the full moon. This makes the Moon look a little bit bigger, they say. It's called a Super Moon and attracts a lot of media coverage. This one is called a Pink Moon apparently to call it a Super Moon in Spring when pink blossom is out, not because the Moon was coloured pink. There won't be a Super Moon next month for reasons outlined above, but it is not uncommon and there will be 2 more this year.