Supermoon Tonight! [View all]

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Hey there sky watchers, it's supermoon time!

This Sunday, when the full moon rises in the night sky, it will appear about 14% bigger and 30% brighter than an average full moon. That's because the moon will turn full within the same hour that it is closest to us in its orbit around the Earth.

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The first in the series was July 12, and there's another one coming on on Sept. 9. However, Sunday night's supermoon is special because perigee will occur just 26 minutes before the moon turns full, and Sunday is also what's called proxigee, the closest perigee of the year.

http://www.latimes.com/science/sciencenow/la-sci-sn-biggest-supermoon-20140807-story.html