How to Use supermoon in a Sentence

supermoon

noun
  • The last time two full supermoons graced the sky in the same month was in 2018.
    Marcia Dunn, Anchorage Daily News, 30 July 2023
  • The next supermoon – the last of the year – will rise on Thursday night.
    Fox News, 10 Aug. 2022
  • The area of the full supermoon disk is 15% to 30% bigger.
    Joe Mario Pedersen, Orlando Sentinel, 11 Aug. 2022
  • Tonight’s supermoon is fourth and the last one for 2021.
    Leigh Morgan, al, 24 June 2021
  • The night of the supermoon this year is Monday, April 26.
    Dean Regas, The Enquirer, 23 Apr. 2021
  • At the end of the month, the second supermoon will be even closer.
    Elizabeth Both, NBC News, 31 July 2023
  • Yes, the July full moon will be the first of four full moon supermoons in 2023.
    Michael Salerno, The Arizona Republic, 24 June 2023
  • In Australia, some took to the skies on a special flight to see the supermoon.
    New York Times, 26 May 2021
  • The first full moon in August, which was also a supermoon, was on the first day of the month.
    Christopher Cann, USA TODAY, 25 Aug. 2023
  • Full moon rising:All about the full moons of 2023, plus more about supermoons and the blue moon.
    Doyle Rice, USA TODAY, 29 July 2023
  • That means that May’s full moon will be the last and brightest supermoon of 2021.
    Theresa MacHemer, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 May 2021
  • Tonight’s moon will be the fourth and final supermoon of 2023, per Space.com’s Joe Rao.
    Will Sullivan, Smithsonian Magazine, 28 Sep. 2023
  • Unlike the last two years, this April's pink moon will not be a supermoon.
    Angie Orellana Hernandez, CNN, 14 Apr. 2022
  • Further down: When to catch a glimpse of the two supermoons in August.
    Elizabeth Both, NBC News, 31 July 2023
  • July’s supermoon will be the second of the year, with the first being June’s.
    Sarah Raza, Detroit Free Press, 12 July 2022
  • Sky gazers can catch a glimpse of the first supermoon of the year when August's full moon rises near the end of the month.
    Alex Groth, Journal Sentinel, 17 Sep. 2023
  • The first of two supermoons this month rising above Madrid.
    Joseph De Avila, WSJ, 1 Aug. 2023
  • The final supermoon of 2023 will shine in the sky as September comes to a close.
    Aliza Chasan, CBS News, 27 Sep. 2023
  • August's full moon – known as the sturgeon moon – will be the first of four supermoons this year.
    Jenna Prestininzi, Detroit Free Press, 20 July 2024
  • That night, viewers around the globe will see a supermoon and blue moon all in one package.
    Dean Regas, The Enquirer, 24 Aug. 2023
  • That date marks not just a supermoon, but also a blood moon, thanks to a lunar eclipse.
    Sophie Lewis, CBS News, 20 May 2021
  • The final supermoon of the year was caught on camera in amazing images from around the world.
    Julia Musto, Fox News, 13 Aug. 2022
  • The July Buck Moon will offer the biggest and brightest supermoon of the year.
    Tim Newcomb, Popular Mechanics, 5 July 2022
  • Below are 18 of the most super images of the supermoon.
    Alan Taylor, The Atlantic, 27 May 2021
  • The supermoon, which appears 14% bigger, returns to the sky this week.
    Jordan Kellogg, The Enquirer, 26 Apr. 2021
  • The tides and the influence of a supermoon can increase that somewhat.
    Jeff Martin, BostonGlobe.com, 30 Aug. 2023
  • The supermoon, defined as a full moon that is closer to the Earth than normal, appeared larger and brighter in the night sky.
    Lawrence Richard, Fox News, 2 Aug. 2023
  • This month’s spectacle is not only a supermoon, but a harvest moon — the name for the moon that’s closest to the fall equinox.
    Stephanie Vermillion, Travel + Leisure, 1 Sep. 2023
  • The shower may be difficult to see during the end of the month due to the Sturgeon supermoon peaking on Aug. 1.
    Marina Johnson, Detroit Free Press, 4 July 2023
  • The full moon Tuesday night was the first of two August supermoons visible in Boston and around the world.
    Adri Pray, BostonGlobe.com, 2 Aug. 2023

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