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Supermoon to light up the night sky tonight


Star gazers in Brooklyn Heights can note that “Cosmo's Moon” aka a supermoon returns tonight. The larger and brighter full moon was made famous in the Brooklyn Heights based motion

The full moon Saturday night is no ordinary full moon. It's a 'super' moon.

It was the biggest, brightest full moon of the year, as it passed closer to the Earth than usual. The moon — whose distance from our planet varies because of its elliptical orbit — was about 221802 miles from Earth at 11:34 pm Saturday.

Some flocked to Foothill College's Observatory for an early, still-spectacular peek Friday night at the super moon, that is even larger and brighter than last year's super moon. By Anne Ernst The moon on May 5 and 6 will be larger and brighter than a

By Will Femia You've likely heard already that tomorrow (or today, depending on which side of sleep you're on) is this year's super moon. The super moon is the nearest full moon. This year the moon is officially full 25 minutes before it's at its

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