already been a super moon this year
http://www.astropro.com/features/articles/supermoon/
“There was a SuperMoon in effect February 12-21 this year in fact, “
wow, there is lots of conflicting information around. Looks like your guy has the best credentials. Other sites all seem to conflict on the actual dates of the syzygy perigee, several show it on jan 30, 2010 not 2011.
oh well, its more fun to just panic :)