Full moon14.2 days old
99.6 percent lit
November 12, 2016
By Jessica Orwig
The most spectacular supermoon (click here) of the 21st century, so far, is happening early next week.
It's an event worth remembering since there won't be another supermoon like it for the next 18 years. So, get your cameras ready and follow the advice of NASA's lead photographer Bill Ingalls:
"Don't make the mistake of photographing the moon by itself with no reference to anything. Instead, think of how to make the image creative — that means tying it into some land-based object. It can be a local landmark or anything to give your photo a sense of place," Ingalls said....
...Supermoons take place when the moon's closest approach to Earth coincides with a full moon. This can only happen four to six times within a single year.
At exactly 6:23 am EST on Monday, November 14 the full moon will be just 221,524 miles from Earth. That's about 30,000 miles closer than when Apollo 11 launched to the moon on July 16, 1969....
