New Delhi: Today’s supermoon will be the biggest supermoon of this year i.e. 2022. The phenomenon will be visible tonight from parts of the planet.
According to the National Aeronautics and Space Agency (NASA), the night skies across the Earth will be lit up tonight by the supermoon 2022, also called the super buck moon.
The Super Buck Moon 2022 will be visible at 2:38 PM EDT (12:08 AM IST, Thursday).
This year will witness total of four full Supermoons with the third one being visible this week. The next Supermoon is slated to make its appearance on August 12, according to NASA.
Supermoons occur when a full moon is within 90 per cent of perige or the point where the moon is closest to Earth in its orbit. This celestial phenomenon causes the moon to appear bigger and brighter than usual.