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Bigger and brighter: why the moon was super-sized last night

Moscow : Russia | May 05, 2012 at 9:32 PM PDT
Source: Sydney Morning Herald
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AP If you caught a glimpse through the clouds over Melbourne and the moon looked bigger and brighter than normal last night, you weren't imagining it. According to astronomer Geoff Wyatt, as the moon set behind the westerly horizon this morning it would have appeared 14 per cent bigger and 30 per cent... FULL ARTICLE AT Sydney Morning Herald
 
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