Super Scene

October 5, 2023

Cristina Fernandez

CHARLY TRIBALLEAU—AFP/GETTY IMAGES

This year’s fourth and final supermoon appeared on September 29. A supermoon occurs when a full moon is at or near the closest point in its orbit around Earth. That makes it seem bigger and brighter.

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