How to resolve AdBlock issue? LAKE COUNTY, Calif. – For skywatchers, the nights of Saturday, June 22, and Sunday, June 23, will be a good time to look up.
An extreme supermoon will light up the sky on those nights.
A supermoon, what astronomers call a perigee full moon, is a full or new moon that is at 90 percent or more of its closest perigee to Earth. Perigee is the point nearest to the center of the Earth for an Earth-orbiting object.
An extreme supermoon means a full or new moon at 100 percent greater mean perigee.
This weekend, the moon will be the closest it will get to Earth this year, according to AccuWeather.
That closeness will make the moon look larger and more impressive than usual.
Mark Paquette of AccuWeather said the term “supermoon” is attributed to astrologer Richard Nolle, who first used it to describe the phenomenon.
See the graphic below for more information about the supermoon.
