Supermoon 2016: Pictures Of The Moon At Its Biggest And Brightest From Around The World [PHOTOS]
The moon is set to be at its biggest and brightest in almost 70 years as it makes its appearance in the skies Monday. The so-called supermoon will be caused by its placement at the closest point in its orbit to Earth, meaning it will appear 15 percent larger than the smallest moon of the year.
Supermoon became a term thanks to an astrologer in the 1970s. It refers to a full moon that is at perigee, or at its closest position to Earth along its orbit. The moon is typically about 238,900 miles away from Earth, but was about 221,524 miles away this week.