1. "Supermoon"
This is the most interesting phenomena of the heavens public attention in 2011. Supermoon is the phenomenon when the moon appears larger than usual. Precisely, seven percent greater. Supermoon occurred on Saturday (19/03/2011) night and Sunday (3/20/2011) morning.
2. Total lunar eclipse
There are two total lunar eclipse that occurred in 2011, on Thursday (6/16/2011) with 100 minutes of totality at 2:22 to 4:02 pm and Saturday (12/10/2011) with a totality of 50 minutes at 21:07 to 21:57 pm .
3. Jupiter moon
Not only can full moon. Jupiter can also reach the moon looks full of aliases and a little bigger. Full moon occurs when the planet Jupiter is located at a distance of closest to the Earth, which is 629 million kilometers. Earth, Jupiter, and Sun are on a straight line.
4. Blue moon
This is a rare phenomenon. Blue moon is actually defined as the second full moon in the same month, it does not mean the moon did look blue. However, this year, the Moon actually looked bluish.
5. Two meteor showers
Ramadan full of blessings, and this time his blessing are two meteor showers. Each is meteor showers Perseids and the Delta Aquarids which peak on August 13, 2011.
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