If you didn't catch the super moon last night, there's another chance to see the moon appear at its biggest and brightest tonight.
The moon already arrived at perigee at 7 a.m. EDT on June 23, which is the point in its orbit that brings it closes to Earth with a distance of only 221, 824 miles. An apogee (where the orbit is furthest from Earth) is 30,000 miles further from the point of perigee.
A free live stream video of the full super moon will be available in the video below at 9 p.m. EDT tonight, courtesy of Slooh Space Camera.
Tonight's super moon will appear to be 14 percent larger and 30 percent brighter than a regular full moon.
Sunday's full moon and perigee will result only an hour apart. This means that the sun, earth and moon will align together. Another super moon such as tonight's will not be seen until August 2014.
The moon will appear biggest to the naked eye when it is close to the horizon – thus viewing the moon just after moonrise and sunset will be the ideal time to experience a stunning view, bearing in mind that moon watchers should go to an area where the skies are clear. The low hanging moon over buildlings and objects will make it look unusually big.
The unusually big full moon coinciding with the perigee will result in high ocean tides for some areas.
"This unusual perfect confluence of lunar perigee and full moon will create the highest tides of the year," said Astronomer Bob Berman of Astronomy Magazine. "We can expect expose-the-sand lows and lap-the-boardwalk highs on Sunday and especially Monday, since the oceans usually require a day to catch up with the behavior of the moon."
