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Many of you raised your eyes to the sky last night, scrutinizing the "super-moon" that was announced to you.
Your photos are formal: the Moon was slightly bigger and shinier than usual because the full moon coincided with its pbadage to the point of its orbit closest to the Earth.
"Have you seen the super-moon? Look at this circle she draws in the sky! #justemagique", wrote Anthony, from Saint-Vaast:
"The moon in Arlon at 20h" (Olivier):
"Beautiful super moon view of Saintes" (Laurence):
"Super-Moon in Braine l'Alleud" (Cynthia):
"Lunar circle at 9:30 pm" (Gege): 
"Big circle around the moon seen from Bouffioulx" (Greg):
"On this moonlit night, nature spoils us a little more by dressing it with a beautiful halo" (Annabelle):
Not very visible in Belgium
But the difference was not very noticeable to the naked eye from Belgium where it was still day at the peak. The peak was expected for 16:53 Belgian time. Butthe difference is not spectacular compared to a full moon normal to the naked eye", warned Florent Delefile, astronomer at the Observatory of Paris-PSl, our colleagues of RTL France.In his opinion, the full Moon was"30% brighter and 7% bigger than usual".
The super-moon is a term particularly popular in recent years does not fall under a real official definition. It refers to a phenomenon in which the Moon pbades relatively close to the Earth and appears brighter and brighter than usual.
The distance separating the blue planet from the Moon oscillates between 356,410 and 406,740 kilometers. For there to be "super-Moon", the distance of the star at the time of the Full Moon must be between this nearest point and 358,000 kilometers approximately. This February 19, the Moon was located at "about 356,000 kilometers from the Earth. "
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