Great Video: Moon puts on 'super' show

12:45 AM, May 7, 2012   |    comments
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SAN FRANCISCO (CNN) - A lunar light show circled the globe Saturday, rewarding many moongazers with bright, crisp detail of the full moon's craters and basins.

Called a "perigee" moon by scientists, the annual phenomenon occurs once a year.

NASA said the moon appears about 14% bigger and 30% brighter than other full moons. That's because it will be as close to Earth as it will get for a while, just over 221,000 miles away.

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