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Look for Supermoon 2013 Tonight
Throughout the weekend the moon will appear to be bigger and brighter as it moves closer to Earth.
Lilburn stargazers and astronomy enthusists, look to the skies tonight (Saturday) for a glimpse of the Supermoon.
On June 22-23, the moon is at perigee — its closest approach to Earth, according to Astronomy magazine's website. The moon will be just 221,824 miles away from us.
So what's the best time to see this Supermoon? EarthSky says the moon will officially be full at 6:32 a.m. CDT Sunday. The actual perigee takes place about 20 minutes prior, according to Astronomy.
Don't want to get up at 6:32 a.m. to see the supermoon? The moon will look just about as full the evening of June 22, according to Astronomy, and it'll be full the evening of June 23.
But will Mother Nature cooperate so we can all witness the most super "Supermoon" this year?
The weather forecast is calling for mostly cloudy skies for Saturday night and on Sunday evening there is a 30 percent chance of rain when the moon will appear super large and super close to Earth.
EarthSky says this is the closest the moon will be to Earth until Aug. 10, 2014.
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