The Most 'Super' Supermoon of the Year Is Happening This Weekend

If you missed the supermoon earlier this summer, you're in luck. This weekend will feature the most super of supermoons in all of 2014.

The full moon will appear as much as 30% brighter and 14% bigger than usual, and won't be this close to the Earth again until September 2015.

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The scientific name for the event on Sunday is a perigee full moon (it will still look great on Saturday night, though). The phenomenon itself isn't particularly rare, according to Geoff Chester at the U.S. Naval Observatory.

"Generally speaking, full Moons occur near perigee every 13 months and 18 days, so it's not all that unusual," said Chester. "In fact, just last year there were three perigee Moons in a row, but only one was widely reported." Read more...

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