The full moon rises above the castle of Somoskoujfalu, 123 kms northeast of Budapest, Hungary, late Saturday, July 12, 2014. (AP Photo/MTI,Peter Komka)
One day before a "supermoon," Virgin America flight VX415 from New York (JFK) to Los Angeles (LAX) crosses the waxing gibbous moon on its final approach to Los Angeles Airport. (AP Photo/Nick Ut)
A plane flies pasts a supermoon as a palm tree grows in the foreground during a baseball game between the Los Angeles Dodgers and the San Diego Padres, July 12, 2014. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
A perigee moon, also known as a supermoon, looks through a crescent of the dome of the grand Faisal mosque in Islamabad, Pakistan, Saturday, July 12, 2014. (AP Photo/Anjum Naveed)
A perigee moon, known as a supermoon appears above the Bulgarian-Romanian border in Giurgiu, Romania, Saturday, July 12, 2014. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)
Look! Up in the sky! It’s supermoon!
Because our celestial neighbor is relatively close to Earth, these full moons will appear to be unusually large. That distance varies because the moon follows an elliptical orbit. When it’s close and full, it appears bigger and brighter than normal, although the difference can be hard to detect.
The full moon Saturday may seem huge, but it’s just an illusion caused by its position in the sky. Two other supermoons will come later this summer on Aug. 10 and Sept. 9.
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