Moon in 1948 and Affect on Dow | Astro and Cycle Turns | Forum

The supermoon (perigee full moon) on November 14, 2016, will bring the moon closer to Earth than it has been since January 26, 1948. What’s more, the moon won’t come this close to Earth again until November 25, 2034. That makes the November 2016 full moon the closest and largest supermoon in a period of 86 years!

On November 14, 2016, at 11:23 Universal Time (UTC), the distance between the centers of the moon and Earth will shrink to its smallest distance for the year: 221,524 miles (356,509 km). That’s November 14 at 7:23 a.m. AST, 6:23 a.m. EST, 5:23 a.m. CST, 4:23 a.m. MST and 3:23 a.m. PST.

Some two weeks ago, the moon swung out to its farthest point for the year on October 31, 2016: 252,688 miles (406,662 km). That’s a difference of over 30,000 miles (50,000 km) in the moon’s distance in just two-weeks’ time.

Here’s what happened to the DOW in November, 2048,  when the moon was not the closest, but still fairly close

For the fun of it, we list the dates on which the centers of the moon and Earth span less than 356,500 km in the 20th century (1901 to 2000) and 21st century (2001 to 2100). The closest supermoon (perigee full moon) of the century is highlighted in CAPITALS: