The Last Supermoon In 2024 Appears In The Sky Of Indonesia Tomorrow At 04.29 WIB

The phenomenon of a large full moon (suprmoon) with a street light foreground can be seen from Gowa Regency, South Sulawesi, Thursday (17/10/2024). (ANTARA PHOTO/Arnas Padda/nym.)

JAKARTA - The latest Supermoon astronomical phenomenon in 2024 which causes the full moon to appear bigger than usual which is expected to be visible in the Indonesian sky on Saturday (16/11), at 04.29 WIB.

Reported by ANTARA from NASA on Friday, November 15, the Supermoon phenomenon occurs when the full moon is at its closest position to the earth. This is because the lunar orbital path is not in the form of a perfect circle, but rather an oval, so there is a farthest and closest point to the moon when orbiting the earth.

The farthest point on earth with the moon or so-called apogee is an average distance of 253,000 miles from Earth. Meanwhile, the closest point or perigee is 226,000 miles from Earth.

The full moon can occur in any position during the orbit of the earth. However, if this happens when the moon is in the closest position to the earth, the appearance looks bigger and brighter than usual.

On another part of the earth, precisely in the time zone of the eastern coast of the United States (EST), the latest Supermoon phenomenon in 2024 can be seen today at 16:29 EST.

According to Earth Sky, previously there were three Supermoon phenomena that occurred this year, namely August 19, called Blue Moon, September 18 named Super Harvest Moon, and October 17, which were named Super Hunter Moon. While the latest Supermoon that occurred this year is called Cave Moon.

Astronomers from the National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN) Thomas Djamaluddin appealed to coastal communities to be aware of tidal flooding, as a result of this Supermoon phenomenon.

Thomas said this phenomenon had an impact on increasing the maximum tide in coastal areas which could potentially cause tidal flooding or tidal flooding.

"People in coastal areas need to be aware of the possibility of tidal flooding or tidal flooding," he said.

He explained that the impact of the Supermoon phenomenon will also increase if there is bad weather on the beach, which increases the potential for robs to sink further to the mainland.

"Or if there is flooding on land, the flood has the potential not to recede immediately, because of the higher tidal conditions," he said.