'Super moon' to be visible tonight If you can see a bigger, brighter full moon tonight, you're not alone. Super Moon Out Tonight That notion about people getting strange under a full moon is just folklore and it's a good thing too because tonight is the night of the super-moon. Super-sized full moon tonight will light up Cinco de Mayo In between watching the 138th Kentucky Derby and celebrating Cinco de Mayo this evening, you may also wish to enjoy viewing a super-sized moon, best viewed at the horizon near sunset. Supermoon will shine on West Coast at 8:34 p.m. Saturday If you want to see the so-called super moon tonight, you should be in place at 8:34. Known technically as a perigee moon, the "super moon" will appear about 14% larger and 30% brighter than the other full moons of... 'Super moon': Tonight's full moon to be brighter than most Full moon expected tonight. Tonight's full moon will loom especially large in the sky, thanks to a phenomenon that happens about once a year. Tonight's full moon becomes 'supermoon' at 11:35 Tonight's full moon has been billed as a "supermoon," but how super will it be? That could depend on when you look, but Sky & Telescope magazine's website gives the event just one sentence: "This is the closest and largest full Moon of 2012 (8% closer and larger than average, not enough to draw attention)." 'Super moon' to light up night sky Tonight the moon will seem especially big and bright since it will reach its closest spot to Earth at the same time it is in its full phase, NASA said. PAGASA: 'Super moon' out tonight The country will witness the so-called "super moon" tonight, PAGASA said. In an interview with dzMM, PAGASA weather forecaster Glaiza Escullar explained the size of the "super moon" appears to be 14 percent larger than normal because the moon will be in its nearest distance from the Earth tonight. All eyes on the sky and the moon A "super-moon" was lighting up the night sky tonight in a once-a-year cosmic show, overshadowing a meteor shower from remnants of Halley's Comet, NASA said. So What is Tonight's "Super Moon" All About? The so called "Super Moon" occurs when there is a full moon at the same time the moon is at its "perigee", the point in the elliptical orbit when it is closest to Earth. This makes it 50,000 miles closer
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