Keep a look out tomorrow night for the moon to appear bigger and brighter in the sky.
It’s an exciting time for skywatchers right now, as not only is there the Leonid meter shower to look forward to, but there’s also the last supermoon of the year appearing tomorrow, November 15. Known as the Beaver Moon, the moon will appear bigger and brighter than usual, so it’s worth heading out and looking up for a chance to marvel at the beauty of the night sky.
Recommended Videos As well as being at its closest point to Earth, a moon must also be full to be a supermoon, and that will occur starting Friday. The combination of being a full moon and being at its perigee means the moon will appear 14% bigger and 30% brighter than when its at its smallest and dimmest during an apogee. And if you’re wondering what this point is called, the opposite of a supermoon, it’s the charmingly named micromoon.
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