Another supermoon to observe/photo

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for the 3rd month in a row we are getting a supermoon full moon on the 14 Dec is another supermoon

details from Spaceweather.com
TONIGHT'S FULL MOON IS A PERIGEE MOON: If you think tonight's full Moon seems a bit bigger and brighter than usual, you're right. It's a "perigee Moon," about 14% bigger and 30% brighter than lesser full Moons we've seen earlier this year. The Moon's orbit is an ellipse with one side (perigee) about 50,000 km closer than the other (apogee): diagram. Perigee moons--a.k.a. "supermoons"--are not unusual. This is the third month in a row we've had one.
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Thanks for the mnemonic. (What a word, how do you remember its spelling? By another mnemonic? Mon(!?) et Monique? I like ours better.)