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Super Moon on November 14

Published November 12, 2016 Updated November 12, 2016 12:00am

Moon is all set to turn super on November 14 after 68 years, as the astronomical event will be visible to human sight at 6:52 pm in Pakistan, the Met Office said on Friday. It said that the moon would be bigger and brighter since its proximity to the planet earth in specific moment in time.
"When the moon is very close to the earth it appears 14 percent bigger and 30 percent brighter than the normal full moon. This is called the 'Super Moon'," it said. As lunar orbit around the earth is elliptical thus causes to change the distance between earth and moon. On 14th November, 2016 at 18:52 PST moon will be very close to the earth, the Met said, adding that the Super Moon was last seen in 1948.