It doesn’t matter whether you know anything about the moon—what you’ll know tonight is that everyone is now praying for the rain to stop, so that they can witness a phenomenon that will only occur eighteen years later.
Tonight (14 November 2016), from 6:46 p.m. to 9:52 p.m. Singapore Time, the moon will not just be full: it’ll be “swelled” by 14%, and also 30% brighter.
Known as supermoon (no, I didn’t coin that; NASA did), the phenomenon occurred because the distance between Earth and its moon is at its closest. The last time it occurred was in January 1948.
In fact, tonight’s moon is not just a supermoon—it’ll be an extra-supermoon (once again, NASA), because in this year alone, there would be three times when the moon is this close: on 16 October 2016, tonight and 14 December.
But tonight, compared to the other two dates, is the bigly biggest.
The next extra-supermoon will only occur on 25 November 2034.
The science behind this is pretty technical, and if you’re interested, you can watch this informative video by NASA.
Since early this morning, people have been trying to take images of the moon.
To get the best experience, you can take an image of the moon viewed through objects, like trees or buildings—something like this.
From tonight’s #fullmoon in #Seattle : Super Moon? What #supermoon …? pic.twitter.com/IgAGcomAst
— Tim Durkan (@timdurkan) July 13, 2014
But the big question is this: What if it rains, or there are clouds covering the moon?
The short, and sad answer, is this: you won’t be able to see it. So let’s #prayfornorain14novnight
Featured Image: Sergey Nivens / Shutterstock.com
This article was first published on Goodyfeed.com
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