Stargazing in September: Supermoons and rising tides – the end of the world is nigh?

Be prepared for something extraordinary on the night of 27 to 28 September: both the brightest full Moon of the year – and the dimmest full Moon. First, we are due a supermoon. Our celestial companion travels round the Earth in an orbit that’s distinctively oval. Every month, the Moon swings from a distance of  360,000km out to 405,000km. When it’s nearest, the Moon naturally looks bigger.

Source: The Independent - Science - August 30, 2015 Category: Science Tags: Science Source Type: news