On the evening of Wednesday, July 13, a supermoon – a larger and brighter moon than usual – will be visible in the sky. The phenomenon will be very clearly visible thanks to the favorable weather conditions, said Monday the meteorological platform Meteovista.
A supermoon is a full moon that appears 7% larger and 14% brighter than a regular full moon. This phenomenon occurs when the moon is at a minimum distance from the Earth. Since this star revolves around our planet on an ellipse and not on a circle, the distance which separates them is not always the same.
See you Wednesday night
The moon will be closest to Earth at 8:38 p.m. Wednesday, but it will not yet be visible. She won’t get up until 10:30 p.m. and will go to bed at 4:21 a.m. Thursday, according to Meteovista. Clear weather will most likely mark the second part of the evening and overnight, with the chance of completely cloudy skies being less than 20%.
When a supermoon occurs in July, it is called “super cereal moon“, because it is at this time of the year that the first cereals can be harvested. It is also nicknamed “super thunder moon“, the month of July being one of the least hottest and stormiest in the Northern Hemisphere.
