Micromoon

Quick meaning: Micromoon is a noun meaning (astronomy) A full moon which appears unusually small due to coinciding with the Moon's apogee (the point in the Moon's orbit at which is it farthest away from Earth).

Meaning

(astronomy) A full moon which appears unusually small due to coinciding with the Moon's apogee (the point in the Moon's orbit at which is it farthest away from Earth).

Example Sentences

On Friday the 13th, a harvest micromoon will grace the night sky across the United States.

What you might notice tonight is that the moon will be brighter — about 30 percent brighter than a micromoon.

Most of the eclipse will be dominated by the shadow moving across the moon, with a brief period where it will appear as a blood micromoon in our night sky.

For a micromoon and Friday the 13th full moon to occur together is extraordinarily rare. The last time it happened was in 1832 and it won't happen again for more than 500 years according to Tony Rice, a meteorologist and engineer at NASA.

Word Forms

• micromoons

Synonyms for micromoon

Depending on context, synonyms include minimoon.

Antonyms for micromoon

Common opposites include supermoon.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include minimoon, supermoon, super moon, moonphase, moon, apocynthion.

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