How to see tonight's Harvest supermoon in the UK
manchestereveningnews.co.ukStargazers across the UK tonight will be treated to a rare supermoon tonight. The Harvest Moon will be the last supermoon to appear in the sky in 2023.
It comes after a handful of supermoons close together on July 3, August 3, and August 30. For a moon to be classed as a supermoon, it must be full at or near the time when the moon is at its nearest point to Earth, known as the perigee.
While the perigee landed on September 27, the supermoon will be at its fullest tonight, Birmingham Live reports. Read more: Driver caught sipping mug of tea and taking both hands off the wheel on the M6 Read more: 'He was only taken away from the house 45 minutes earlier and now I was being told he was dead' According to retired NASA astrophysicist Fred Espanak, the moon will be 224,657 miles away from Earth during its fullest phase - 14,000 miles closer than the usual average.
If you want to catch the supermoon tonight, we've broken down the best way of going about it. The moon will appear to balloon in size in the early evening at 7pm in the east tonight.
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