How to see the supermoon — and shooting stars, too
msnbc.com
By Tariq Malik If the full moon looks a bit bigger and brighter in Saturday night's sky, you're not seeing things: It's just the "supermoon" — the biggest moon of 2012. And there's a meteor shower from Halley's Comet that's peaking as well,
It's Supermoon Saturday, and Twitter is abuzz with tweets and twitpics of our [...]
'Supermoon': Large Full Moon Tonight
ABC News
The moon is approaching the perigee of its orbit around our planet – approximately 356955 kilometers from Earth; heavenly body will appear bigger, brighter.
by FP Staff 9 mins ago Tonight if the moon looks bigger and brighter to you, don't worry, you're not seeing things. The moon really IS bigger. The phenomenon that news reports [...]
Supermoon 2012: Reactions and photos, May 5
Washington P
By Jason Samenow The full moon rises behind statues of angels fixed at the St. Isaak's Cathedral in St.Petersburg, Russia, Saturday, May 5, 2012 (Dmitry Lovetsky – AP) Overview: The occurrence of the Supermoon, up to 30 percent brighter and appearing
It's Supermoon Saturday, and Twitter is abuzz with tweets and twitpics of our moon captured [...]
Supermoon 2012: Reactions and photos, May 5 (LIVE BLOG)
Washington P
May 5 is the night of the supermoon, where the moon will be 16 percent brighter than normal.
It's Supermoon Saturday, and Twitter is abuzz with tweets and twitpics of our moon captured from nearly every angle. Some people will look at the moon tonight and think "What's the big deal?" But let's be honest—it's not [...]
Supermoon to light up the night sky tonight
USA TODAY
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 [...]
Supermoon! Biggest, brightest moon of the year to rise Saturday night
New York Dai
A minute later – at 11:35 pm – the moon will line up with the sun and be full, creating a so-called super moon, looking about 15 percent bigger and 30 percent brighter. A peregee, or super moon, isn't that rare. In fact, it happened last year on March
Saturday's event is a "supermoon," the closest [...]
Supermoon: Biggest, brightest moon of year to come Saturday
Fox News
As long as fog doesn't obscure the night sky in Half Moon Bay, we're in for another Super Moon. Astronomers are saying that this Super Moon will be even more super than usual. “The last full moon so big and close to Earth occurred in March of 1993,”
Supermoon Saturday: It's also called the 'Flower Moon,' [...]