Skywatchers get ready. The second of three supermoons this summer is expected to peak tomorrow and it will be unlike any other full moon we've seen in 2014.
During its perigee, the moon is around 30,000 miles closer to Earth than usual, according to The U.S. Naval Observatory.
Since the moon's perigee occurs every 13 months, there are a number of supermoons every year, and this summer the Northern Hemisphere features supermoons in three consecutive months: one back in July, one this weekend, and one more in September.
The supermoon scheduled for Aug. 10 will be the brightest and biggest of them all however. It is expected to be 12 percent larger and 30 percent brighter than January's full moon.
"Nothing in the sky is more striking than the rising of an enormous-looking full moon," Slooh astronomer Bob Berman said in a statement, according to Space.com. "And this will be largest since March, 2011. And although the size-enhancement is 11 percent compared to an apogee full moon like the one this past January, it will seem even larger -- much larger -- thanks to the psycho-optical effect we will discuss during the show."
August's skies will be action-packed, according to The U.S. Naval Observatory.
The supermoon will be followed by the Persied meteor shower, which is expected to peak from August 10 to 12.
Persied showers will provide some of the best shooting stars of the year. As many as 100 meteors per hour, each of them a chunk of space debris from the tail of the Swift-Tuttle comet smashing into the atmosphere as it passes Earth, according to The U.S. Naval Observatory.
The brightness of the full moon could interfere with skywatchers ability to catch all the shooting stars, but since the moon currently crests in the afternoon, it should allow for plenty of time for people to catch a glimpse of the meteor shower with the proper amount of darkness, according to The U.S. Naval Observatory.
"The best time to see the showers will be at around 2 a.m.," astronomer Tony Berendsen said to ABC News. "Because the moon will be incredibly bright in the earlier evening, the smaller showers will not be a match."
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