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    The document discusses a supermoon, which occurs when the full moon or new moon is closest to Earth in its elliptical orbit, appearing larger than normal. An extreme supermoon will happen on March 19, 2011 when the moon is just 356,577 km from Earth, its closest approach in nearly 20 years. While some speculated this could cause natural disasters and link it to recent events in Japan, it has been clarified that the small distance change will not significantly impact Earth.

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    The document discusses a supermoon, which occurs when the full moon or new moon is closest to Earth in its elliptical orbit, appearing larger than normal. An extreme supermoon will happen on March 19, 2011 when the moon is just 356,577 km from Earth, its closest approach in nearly 20 years. While some speculated this could cause natural disasters and link it to recent events in Japan, it has been clarified that the small distance change will not significantly impact Earth.

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    The document discusses a supermoon, which occurs when the full moon or new moon is closest to Earth in its elliptical orbit, appearing larger than normal. An extreme supermoon will happen on March 19, 2011 when the moon is just 356,577 km from Earth, its closest approach in nearly 20 years. While some speculated this could cause natural disasters and link it to recent events in Japan, it has been clarified that the small distance change will not significantly impact Earth.

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    Supermoon

    General Classification: Supermoon" is when the moon appears large and this
    happens when the moon comes closer to Earth than normal, and this happens
    during full moon or new moon. Each month, the moon's distance varies between
    354,000 km (20,000 miles) and 410,000 km (254,000 miles) due to the elliptical
    orbit of the moon around Earth.

    Description: An "Extreme Supermoon" is when the moon has the


    closest approach to the Earth during its orbit. On 19 March 2011, the moon will
    have its closest approach since 19 January 1992. The distance between the Earth
    and the Moon will be just 356,577 km (221,567 miles) on 19 March 2011. There
    has been speculations that this could cause natural disasters and some has even
    linked it with the Earthquake and Tsunami of Sendai, Japan on 11 March 2011.
    But, it has been clarified that the small change in the distance will not cause any
    huge changes in Earth.

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