This weekend, a lunar event will allow for the closest view of the moon from Earth since 1948.
NASA says the upcoming ‘SuperMoon’ will be 14 percent bigger and 30 percent brighter than a usual night.
The moon will be at ‘full perigee’ – or position closest to the Earth – early morning Monday, November 14th. But NASA officials say viewers can still get a good view either Sunday or Monday night.
“The difference in distance from one night to the next will be very subtle, so if it’s cloudy on Sunday, go out on Monday," said Noah Petro, deputy project scientist for NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) mission. "Any time after sunset should be fine. Since the moon is full, it’ll rise at nearly the same time as sunset, so I’d suggest that you head outside after sunset, or once it’s dark and the moon is a bit higher in the sky. You don’t have to stay up all night to see it, unless you really want to.”
NASA says one more Supermoon event occurs December 14th, but seeing another Supermoon under this weekend’s conditions won’t happen again until 2034.
