How to See the Biggest Supermoon in 68 Years
The full moon will make an especially close approach to Earth on November 14, offering one of the best lunar spectacles in decades.
Look up on the nights of November 13 and 14, and you may be able to witness a historic sight: the biggest and closest supermoon Earth has seen since 1948.
The term “supermoon” is popularly defined as a full moon that coincides with the lunar orb’s closest approach to Earth, or perigee.
Because the moon’s orbit around Earth is egg-shaped, there are times during its cycle when it is closer or farther from us. And because the size of the moon's orbit varies slightly over time, each month's perigee is not always the same distance from Earth.
This month, the moon officially reaches perigee at 6:21 a.m. ET (11:23 UT) on November 14, when it will be just 221,524 miles from our planet,
