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The biggest “supermoon” of the year rose Thursday night, bringing out crowds of skygazers. Veuer’s Matt Hoffman reports.

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00:00If you thought the moon looked big Thursday night, good eye!
00:03Thursday offered a supermoon, and not just any supermoon, the brightest one of the year.
00:08Supermoons occur when a full moon coincides with the moon's perigee,
00:11or the position in its elliptical orbit that brings it closest to Earth.
00:15According to USA Today, this positioning can make the moon look 14% bigger and 30% brighter.
00:21These skygazers in Munich were so excited for the phenomenon
00:24that they gathered on the city's Olympic Hill to have a look.
00:27If you missed out, you won't have to wait long for another supermoon.
00:30According to EarthSky.org, the next one will happen on November 15th.

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