I regard this as a borderline insult to the human race.

What frustrates me is that the “supermoon” was just invented by some guy in 1979 and taken up by the press. Tyson shares my general annoyance concerning the “supermoon.” I am the last to discourage the enjoyment of the heavens (for details of my rural upbringing, see above), and what makes the supermoon very good copy is that it is an alleged astronomical phenomenon you can enjoy without leaving downtown. As the astronomer Neil deGrasse Tyson pointed out, this works out to roughly the difference between a 15-inch pizza and a 16-inch pizza. The apparent diameter of the moon fluctuates by only seven per cent. That may sound impressive, but that “14 per cent” figure refers to the area of the disc. At the time of a supermoon, the lunar disc appears in the heavens to be about 14 per cent larger than when it is furthest away. 14 was especially close, and attracted extra attention. Supermoons occur every 14 lunar months, but the one on Nov. The “supermoon” occurs when the moon is nearest in its orbit to the Earth and happens to be full. This reminded me that just last week, I was quietly grumbling to myself about the “supermoon” phenomenon being trumpeted by the newspapers, including ours. The real answer to the question is that some sly editor cooked up the whole rigmarole in order to sell magazines. Well, any other magazine or newspaper might do as much. It made its choice, and says it is going to ask the federal government to endorse that choice formally. Where does Canadian Geographic actually get the authority to choose a national bird for Canada? If you read carefully, you find that it doesn’t claim to have any. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Manage Print Subscription / Tax Receipt.

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