Photograph of SUPERLUNA

Full moons occur when the phase near full moon coincides with the lunar perigee, when the Moon is closest to the 19 March 2011 was 356,577 miles away. The last time the moon was this close was in 1993 when 356,529 km perigee occurred 18 years ago.No wait that long for the next giant full moon, this will occur on November 14, 2016 at 11:24 UT the Moon is just 356,511 miles away.

Due to media attention the press gave the event, "this must be the most photographed Full Moon history. The size and brightness with which we see the full moon in the sky, at first, depends on: How far is the perigee. 

In the southern hemisphere, best times to have them full bright moon is the month of June, when the ecliptic reaches its southernmost position of the year.

The Moon is a path in the sky than that of the Sun, because its orbital plane has a difference with the orbital plane of Earth 5, so the Moon can be up to 5 ° south of the ecliptic and flying regions Southern than the Sun, reaching the 28.5 ° S, is the case for lunasticios. The Full Moon on March 19 occurred in the southern hemisphere of the sky, 5th South of Ecuador Celeste.

The last full moon Lunasticio occurred on June 11, 2007, the full moons of June of that and the years 2006 and 2007 were extremely bright, but not coinciding with the perigee.

Let's wait to get back those excessive moons, the moon will begin to approach the south by 2023, culminating in the Lunasticio of June 11, 2025.