According to The Telegraph News said that The moon will appear bigger next weekend as it makes its closest approach to earth for 19 years during an event known as a "lunar perigee".
On March 19 the moon will reach a distance of just 221,567 miles from Earth – the nearest it will have come since 1992.
It has sparked fears of earthquakes and volcanic eruptions among superstitiously minded theorists after similar "supermoons" in January 2005 and December 1974 narrowly preceded the Indonesian Tsunami and the devastating Cyclone Tracy in Darwin, Australia respectively.
Scientists said there was no evidence to suggest the phenomenon was a sign of impending doom.
Pete Wheeler, of the International Centre for Radio Astronomy, told the website news.com.au: "There will be no earthquakes or volcanoes erupting, unless they are to happen anyway.
"The Earth will experience just a lower than usual low tide and a higher than usual high tide around the time of the event, but nothing to get excited about."
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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/space/nightsky/8369718/Moon-to-appear-bigger-next-weekend-during-lunar-perigee.html
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my moon my moom!!! cant wait to see it :D
no camera...
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