Beaver supermoon rises over Senegal’s capital Dakar

The Beaver supermoon was seen over Senegal’s capital Dakar on Wednesday night.

The moon’s orbit around the Earth isn’t a perfect circle, so it gets nearer and farther as it swings around.

A so-called supermoon happens when a full moon is closer to Earth in its orbit. That makes the moon look up to 14% bigger and 30% brighter than the faintest moon of the year, according to NASA.

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