Supermoon rises above the horizon, Queensland skies dazzle

Supermoon rose above the horizon in Queensland on Monday evening and dazzled the skies. Queenslanders reached popular tourist spots as curiosity to get a glimpse of the supermoon rose. 

Supermoon is a phenomenon which takes place when the full moon is closest to the Earth, is biggest and brightest. This phenomenon is occurring after 69 years. Supermoon was last witnessed in 1948.

Queenslander witnessed the supermoon and saw a 14 per cent brighter and about 30 per cent bigger moon in the sky. Hundreds flocked at Mount Coot-tha to have a glimpse of the moon and capture it in their cameras.

However, those who directly saw the moon with naked eye may not have noticed a lot of difference, University of Queensland astrophysicist Michael Drinkwater said.

"It may be 10 or 20 per cent brighter than average, but if you weren't told you might not notice," he said.

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