Harvest Moon in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic
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In America, the November full moon is known as a "Beaver Moon," because it arrives at the time of year when fur trappers would pursue the dam-building mammals and this year’s beaver moon is going to be a doozy!.

 Call it a supermoon and it will be the biggest ever in 68 years!

CNN says the supermoon will be at its peak on Monday November 14th.

A "supermoon" usually occurs every 13 months or so --whenever the full moon happens on the same day the moon's orbit is closest to Earth.   When normal supermoons happen, they generally appear to be 14 percent bigger and 30 percent brighter than other full moons. But  NASA says this month's supermoon becomes full within about two hours of peak of closeness or perigee and that should make for a gee-whiz moment when you look to the skies!

 

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