India witnesses the first supermoon of 2018
On Tuesday 3:30 am IST, the Moon reached its perigee, the closest point in its orbit around the Earth, at a distance of roughly 3,56,565 km. The full Moon phase reached about 4.5 hours later, creating a supermoon, which can appear about 14% larger and 30% brighter than the smallest full Moon, the difference being imperceptible to the naked eye.