Experts say the supermoon in August will be the biggest of 2014, and you can watch it as it happens. A supermoon is any full moon that coincides with perigee – the time when the moon's orbit brings it closest to Earth.
This Sunday's supermoon, known as “Perigee,” will be the second and largest of the three to appear this summer. The moon on Sunday is calculated to be about 50,000 kilometers closer to Earth than when it is at its furthest point, known as “Apogee.
Sunday's full moon was the biggest of three supermoons this year, and the skies cleared just enough for The Star's John Sleezer to photograph it over One Kansas City Place . Until the next supermoon — a moon that waxes full within 24 hours of orbiting
While some are calling it a supermoon, the astronomical community prefers to use the term “perigee full moon,” and point out that they are not all that rare since the alignment between a full moon phase with perigee occurs
While the Supermoon, more traditionally referred to as a perigee full Moon, will be 14 percent clearer than a full moon and brighten the skies to a heightened level, the increase in light will make for trickier viewing of the meteor