The third largest in the year appeared on August 12th

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On August 12, July 15th of the lunar calendar ushered in the traditional Chinese festival. Astronomical popular science experts said that the third largest full moon of the year will appear in Tianyu. "Practicing Feiming Mirror, Tingting Turning the Jade Plate", as long as the weather is fine, the public from all over my country can enjoy the full moon of this round of round and jade.

When the moon and the sun are on both sides of the earth, and the yellow meridian of the moon and the sun is 180 degrees, the moon seen on the earth is the most round, which is called "full moon", also known as "Wang". The fourteenth, fifteenth, sixteen, and even seventeen of the lunar calendar are all possible periods of the full moon.

This is the largest full moon shot in the year of the year in Yuping Dai Autonomous County, Tongren City, Guizhou Province on July 13, 2022. Xinhua News Agency (Photo by Xu Xue)

Member of the Chinese Astronomical Society and a director of the Tianjin Astronomical Society Xiu Lipeng introduced that in the Gregorian calendar, there are usually 12 or 13 full moon. 2022 is the Gregorian calendar, 365 days long, and 12 full moon appears. If you give this 12 full moon row, the third monthly row on August 12. The largest and second -largest full -moon in the year has appeared on July 14 and June 14, respectively.

This is the second largest full moon filmed in Fangshan, Beijing on June 14, 2022, a astronomical enthusiast of Beijing astronomical enthusiast. (I have a picture)

According to accurate calculation of astronomical calculations, the full moon appeared on August 12, the most round time appeared at 9:36 on the 12th, and 1:09 on August 11th. More than 32 hours.

"During the full moon, the moon is 36.14.12 million kilometers away from the earth, and the diameter of the moon is 33.05 cents. On the moon (at full moon, the moon is 35.7418 million kilometers away from the earth, and the moon surface is slightly smaller in diameter), but the moon surface of the full moon will feel larger visually. "Xiu Lipeng said.

On June 14, 2022, in Istanbul, Turkey, an aircraft flew over the second largest full moon in the year. (Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Shada)

As a traditional festival, the 15th Middle School in the lunar calendar, the customs of my country's people have the custom of lantern and sacrifice. At this time, many people will sacrifice their loved ones in various ways and pin up infinite sorrow.

"From ancient times to the present, the moon has pinned people's good wishes. The night of the Chinese Yuan Festival, if the weather is fine, someone who is interested may wish to raise his head and look at the round moon, miss the death of his loved ones, and talk about the thoughts." Xiu Lipeng said.

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How to appreciate the third largest full moon in this round of the year? "The time of" Wang "happened in the morning, and we missed it, but we can wait until the evening of August 12 to watch and shoot. At this time, the moon has just risen, the height angle is low, it looks very large, not only suitable for naked eyes, but also very very very very very appreciated, but also very very very very appreciated, but also very very very much. Suitable for a photo with the scenery. "Xiu Lipeng said.

Xinhua News Agency

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