How to see the supermoon — and shooting stars, too

6, 2012 – The biggest and brightest full moon of the year arrived Saturday night as Earth's celestial neighbor passed about 15000 miles closer to Earth than average. That has made the moon appear bigger than usual. (/Associated Press) Correction:

by Joe Medley TALLADEGA — Every once in a super moon, the Talladega Superspeedway chairman and his wife head to the track to look up at the sky. “We got a bottle of wine and went up in the South Tower and watched the moon come up — because I'm a

The moon is approaching the perigee of its orbit around our planet – approximately 356955 kilometers from Earth; heavenly body will appear bigger, brighter.

The moon is approaching the perigee of its orbit around our planet – approximately 356955 kilometers from Earth; heavenly body will appear bigger, brighter.

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