Sunday’s Supermoon Will Light Up The Sky!

We posted once before about the “Supermoon” but it sounds so cool we have to mention it once more time!

This month’s "supermoon" will be the biggest full moon seen in the sky since 1948. A supermoon results when the moon reaches its full phase at its closest point to Earth in its orbit. That causes the moon to look bigger and brighter in the sky than usual.

EarthSky.org says Sunday night, November 13th is the best night for most people in the U.S. to watch for the supermoon, because we're west of the International Dateline.   But if you're up very early Monday morning on your way in to work, you'll get a good show too.

The supermoon will appear 30 percent brighter and up to 14 percent larger than a typical full moons. The moon will also look extra-large to you if you see it near the horizon, just as the moon is rising. This is known effect called the "moon illusion." Scientists think the illusion it may result because viewers can easily compare the moon to nearby buildings, or because human brains just process objects on the horizon as larger than objects of similar size high in the sky.

November's supermoon will be historically bright. NASA says the next full moon that will look this big won't occur until November 25th 2034.