The beauty festival of Super Moon was celebrated in Gagan Gokh on the night of Sharad Purnima. – ..

However, today’s Sharad Purnima Indu (Sanskrit name of the Moon) has been a subject of sky darshan as well as research and study for nature lovers, students and astronomers of Mumbai.

Today, on the auspicious day of Sharad Purnima of Ashwin month, the Moon is in Ashwin Nakshatra.

Director of Nehru Science Center (Worli), Umesh Kumar Rustagi, gave special information to ‘Gujarat Samachar’ that in the simple language of astronomers, Super Moon means Doodhmalyo Som of Sharad Poonam. Thus, as the Moon gets closer to the Earth each full moon in its orbit around the Earth, its size and light (the Moon shines from the Earth just as it shines from the Sun) appear larger and brighter. That is, all the satellites including the Moon and all the planets including the Earth are actually illuminated.)

From an astronomer’s perspective, the Moon’s orbit around its parent planet Earth is not a perfect circle but an ellipse. Himanshu (Sanskrit name for the Moon) sometimes appears very small and faint due to its rectangular elliptical orbit. That is why sometimes it appears very bright and illuminated. When the Moon appears small and dim, it is far away from the Earth; when it is bright, it comes close to the Earth.

The farthest point of the Moon’s orbit from Earth is astronomically called apogee, while the point closest to Earth is called perigee. The average distance between Sudhanshu (Sanskrit name of the Moon) and Earth is 3,84,400 km.

Shashadhar (the Sanskrit name for the moon) is called a supermoon because each autumn full moon comes closer to the bliss-eliminating Earth than its normal distance and appears brighter than its normal bright appearance.

In the eyes of astronomers, the amazing and beautiful natural miracle of Super Moon has happened today on October 17 at 6:32 am.

At the same time, at 6:00 pm after sunset on 17 October 2017, Kumud (Sanskrit name of the Moon) was at a distance of 3,57,161 kilometers from the Earth. This distance of the Moon was less than its normal distance of 26,9,86 km.

Tonight at 11:55 pm, there is news that countless sky gazing enthusiasts have enjoyed the memorable sight of the Super Moon in the sky of Guwahati, Delhi, Lucknow etc. in India.

However, the Super Moon could not be enjoyed as the Mumbai sky was covered with dense clouds tonight.

World famous astronomer and President of The Indian Planetary Society, Dr. J.J. Describing it as a very important astronomical factor, Rawal told ‘Gujarat Samachar’ that in reality there is no special situation like Super Moon. The truth is that during the days of Sharad Purnima, the Earth is moving closer to the Sun in its orbit. Now since the Moon is basically a satellite of the Earth, it also lives with its mother Earth. As the Earth comes closer to the Sun, the influence and impact of the radiant rays of Aditya Narayana on its vast area is greater. A similar process also occurs on the Moon, as a result, the Earth’s sphere appears larger and brighter from space during this period. The same beautiful view is visible from the land of Mriganka (Sanskrit name of the Moon).

Let’s talk about the term supermoon. Therefore the term supermoon is not officially recognized by the International Astronomical Union (IAU). In 1979, an astrologer named Richard Noll introduced the term supermoon, which was popularized by news media worldwide. Apart from Super Moon, names like Micro Moon, Blood Moon, Red Moon etc. have also been published.

Actually, perigee and apogee are two correct names for such natural phenomenon because every full moon the moon comes closer to the earth, which is called perigee process. After Poonam, the Moon moves away from the Earth, a process called apogee.