Baku: A Super New Moon will be observed on June 15, the Department of Astrophysics of the Faculty of Physics at Baku State University told APA. This astronomical event occurs when the Moon is both in its New Moon phase and located very close to its perigee point, which is the minimum distance to Earth.

According to Azeri-Press News Agency, the Moon will reach its perigee point on June 15 at 03:19 a.m. Baku time, at a distance of 357,195 km from Earth. A few hours later, at 06:56 a.m., the Moon will move into its New Moon phase. The approximately 3-hour and 37-minute interval between the perigee and the New Moon classifies this occurrence as a Super New Moon.

One of the closest Super New Moon events recorded so far happened on January 22, 2023, when the Moon came within approximately 356,568 km of Earth.