'Super' Full Moon Shines Across Oklahoma

News On 6 viewers were able to snap several pictures of Saturday&#39;s super perigee moon despite cloudy conditions. <br /><br /><a href="http://www.newson6.com/Global/story.asp?S=14272221" target="_blank">Oklahoma Skies May Reveal &#39;Super Moon&#39; This Weekend</a>

Sunday, March 20th 2011, 4:00 pm

By: News On 6


NewsOn6.com

TULSA, Oklahoma -- If you looked up anytime Saturday night you may have seen the biggest, brightest full moon in almost 20 years.

News On 6 viewers were able to snap several pictures of Saturday's super perigee moon despite cloudy conditions.

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According to NASA, full Moons vary in size because of the Moon's orbit is not a perfect circle around the Earth.  NASA says the orbit is an ellipse with one side, called a perigee, about 31,000 miles closer to Earth than the other, called an apogee.

03/17/2011 Related Story: Oklahoma Skies May Reveal 'Super Moon' This Weekend

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