On Wednesday (July 13), the moon will arrive at its closest point to the Earth for 2022.
amounts to an increase in brightness of only 0.28-magnitude. About a decade ago, a friend of mine told me that she was expecting a much-ballyhooed supermoon to appear"radically brighter." Because of that oft-quoted 30% brighter value, she was expecting to see something akin to a 3-way light bulb; as if on supermoon night it was going to be like turning the moon's brightness up a notch.
Such an extreme tide is known as a perigean spring tide, the word 'spring' in this case being derived from the German springen, meaning to"spring up," and not at all a reference to the spring season. Every month spring tides occur when the moon is full and new. At these times the moon and sun form a line with the Earth, so their tidal effects add together.
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