Last Supermoon Of 2015 Rises High Monday, But Don’t Expect Any Astronomical

It will mark the third supermoon in a row, on Tuesday night, according to the Austin-American Statesman.

The supermoon will be the sixth one to occur this year.

While the phenomenon taking place on October 26, starting from 12:05 UTC into the morning of October 27, may not be as elusive, it still remains special, since it will take nearly a year until sky gazers can admire it again.

As we approach that time tonight, the moon will be getting bigger and brighter and it will still appear big and bright later tomorrow before it starts to move away from us.

It was only last month that another supermoon – this one also known as a blood moon that just so happened to be coupled with a lunar eclipse – had everyone talking.

Supermoons occur when the moon is at its perigee, or the closest it comes in its elliptical orbit, to Earth. There will reportedly be not as many supermoons next year as this year.

This is because the three supermoons in a row this 2015 occurred during the beginning of the lunar cycle, making the moon less bright and exciting.

The final supermoon of 2015 rises Monday.

That type of celestial spectacle was even more exceptional, given the fact that the last time it had happened simultaneously with a total lunar eclipse was in 1982, and such a coincidence will only be repeated in October 8, 2033.

That is all the more reason to check out this month’s supermoon, on October 26th.

A supermoon is an optical illusion where the full moon appears slightly larger and brighter.

Supermoon is not a scientific term, but instead was coined by an astrologer who defines it as when the moon is within 90 percent of its closest approach of Earth. If you want to get a chance to see one of these spectacular moons, the best chance you’ll get is now. They simply called the event either perigee full moons or perigee new moons, with perigee meaning “near Earth”.