micromoon

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

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).

micromoon micromoons

From micro- + moon.

minimoon apogee moon

supermoon

apogee-syzygy syzygy

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