Apogee and Perigee of Moon and Super (Duper) Moon

The Moon’s distance from Earth varies due to its elliptical orbit around the Earth. So, when the Moon can be at closest of farthest point from Earth.

Apogee is the farthest point from the Earth whereas Perigee is the closest point from the Earth. When at Perigee, the closest point, Moon appears larger than normal.

Supermoon is the coincidence of a Full Moon (or New Moon or Poornima) and also the Moon is at Perigee. The technical term is Perigee-syzygy of the Earth-Moon-Sun system. The opposite of Supermoon is Micromoon.

Most of us have studied or heard that Moon have an effect of tides due to its gravitational pull. So the Perigee and Apogee phenomena will have an effect on the tides on Earth.

Does this Apogee and Perigee phenomena effects Stock Markets?

Yes.

This effect has been proved by many, both pictorially and statistically. So, why am I doing it again?

To know the reason, go through all the images.

BTW, I too, will be watching this astronomical phenomenon. J

Below are the self explanatory images.

The first image shows the distance of Moon from Earth with Apogee and Perigee. 

Many people (traders) thus use Moon’s distance from Earth to determine the trend reversal. The Apogee and Perigee points or date with +/- 1 day has shown trend reversal. See below image. I have used NIFTY50 Index for the same.

Now coming to another point, this too can be used as a probable trend reversal point.

Note the distance of Moon at Perigee/Apogee and also at Apogee/Perigee. Find the mid-point of this. Now, when Moon is that much farthest from Earth, we get a trend reversal. This need to be calculated for each cycle.

Example:

On April 30, 2015, Moon was at a distance of 405085 km from Earth. This was the Apogee Point. On May 16, 2015, Moon was at Perigee with a distance of 366084.67 km. The Mid-Point will 385584.85 km. Moon crossed this distance somewhere around May 7, 2015. And we got a low on this date!!!

The Mid-Point value can be obtained by doing simple mathematics. Find the difference of two extreme values and either subtract it from the highest value of add to the lowest value. :)

See the below image to have a clear idea.

 

Most of the time, the Mid-Point has given trend reversal.