NEW YORK (CNN) — If you look up at the moon, you might notice it looks bigger and brighter than usual Sunday night (Nov. 13).
Bigger in fact, than it has appeared at any point in the last 68 years, NASA scientists say.
We won’t see another supermoon likes this until 2034, so make sure you get a look.
According to EarthSky.org, the moon will turn precisely full on Monday (Nov. 14) at 8:52 a.m. ET.
A “supermoon” occurs when the moon becomes full on the same day as its perigee, the point in the moon’s orbit when it is closest to Earth.
The term is borrowed from the pseudoscience of astrology but has been adopted by popular culture and astronomers.
Supermoons generally appear to be 14 percent bigger and 30 percent brighter than other full moons.
While such moons occur around every 13 months, November’s is a special one.
According to NASA, this month’s supermoon “becomes full within about two hours of perigee — arguably making it an extra-super moon.”
In America, the November full moon is known as a “Beaver Moon,” because it arrives at the time of year when fur trappers would hunt the dam-building animals.
