Stargazers, night owls, werewolves, space observers and lunacy proponents be prepared!
What Is A Supermoon?
A supermoon occurs when the moon becomes full on the same days as its perigee, which is the point in the moon’s orbit when it is closest to Earth. They generally appear to be 14% bigger and 30% brighter than other full moons. Full moons occur near perigee approximately every 13 months, so supermoons like this are not that uncommon, according to NASA.
When Is The Next Supermoon?
The next supermoons occur on November 14 2016 and December 14 2016.
The supermoon on November 14 could be a biggie. It’ll be the closest full moon so far this century. So it will look like the biggest too? That depends, on where you are when you view it and weather conditions. It’s sometimes hard to tell the difference between a supermoon and a regular full moon, as clouds and haze can mask the difference in brightness.
And you really don’t want to miss this one, NASA says, because the full moon won’t come this close to us again until November 25, 2034.
A month after that mega-supermoon, another supermoon will rise on December 14. It too will be a sight to behold, but it’ll also wipe out our opportunity to see something just as beautiful — a Geminid meteor shower.
The United States and much of the world will see skies graced by a bright, big moon that will be encapsulated in a total lunar eclipse late Sunday evening into early Monday, according to NASA.
The supermoon, which occurs once every year, will appear 14% larger and 30% brighter in the sky that evening before it is engulfed by an eclipse for more than an hour.
If you are taking your significant other on a beach “Moondance” walk tonight to celebrate the “Supermoon“, here (hear) are is a playlist for you to enjoy.
One Small Step For Man One Giant Leap For Mankind – First Moon Landing 1969
Michael Jackson – Moonwalk Collection
Frank Sinatra – Fly Me To The Moon
Andy Williams and Henry Mancini – Moon River
Bill Monroe – Blue Moon of Kentucky
Van Morrison – Moondance
Starbuck – Moonlight Feels Right
Wilhelm Kempff – Beethoven’s Moonlight Sonata mvt. 3
Ludwig Van Beethoven – Moonlight Sonata
Paul & Linda McCartney with Wings – C Moon
Regina Spektor – Small Town Moon
Electric Light Orchestra – Ticket to the Moon
Jimi Hendrix – Moon, Turn the Tides Gently Gently
Tex Ritter – Just Beyond the Moon
Neville Brothers – Yellow Moon
Genesis – Mad Man Moon
Dennis Deyoung – Desert Moon
Gabby Pahinui – Moonlight Lady
R.E.M. – Man on The Moon
Michael Nesmith – Silver Moon
The Doors – Moonlight Drive
Michael Buble – Moondance
Nick Drake – Pink Moon
Dream Theater – Under A Glass Moon
Duran Duran – New Moon On Monday
Toby Keith – Does That Blue Moon Ever Shine On You
Pink Floyd HD – 1973 – The Dark Side Of The Moon [2011 Remastered]
Glenn Miller Orchestra 1930’s – Moonlight Serenade
The Rolling Stones – Moonlight Mile
Bruno Mars – Talking to the Moon
Heart – Hello Moonglow
Elvis Presley – Blue Moon of Kentucky
Dan Fogelberg – Wishing on the Moon
Dan Fogelberg – Serengeti Moon
Cindy Bullens & Louis St. Louis – Mooning
Bing Crosby – Moonlight Becomes You
Ella Fitzgerald Jazz Collection – Moonlight in Vermont
Ramones – Howling At The Moon
Ozzy Osbourne – Bark At the Moon
The Police – Walking on the Moon
Echo and The Bunnymen – The Killing Moon
Great Big Sea – Walk on the Moon
David Bowie – Let’s Dance (“Under the moonlight, the serious moonlight.”)
Miami Horror – Moon Theory
Tom Waits – Drunk on the Moon
k.d. lang — Full Moon of Love
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Grateful Dead – Mountains Of The Moon
Sting – Moon Over Bourbon Street
Brooks & Dunn – Neon Moon
Moonglow – Benny Goodman
Neil Young – Harvest Moon
REM – Man on the Moon
Fleetwood Mac / Stevie Nicks – Sisters of the Moon
Les Paul – How High The Moon
Savage Garden – To the Moon and Back
Peter Rowan – Midnight Moonlight
Celtic Women – The Moon’s a Harsh Mistress
Mame – The Man in the Moon
Santana – Flor de Luna
Harry Nilsson – Moonbeam Song
Godsmack – Moon Baby
Lynyrd Skynyrd – Full Moon Night
George Harrison – Here Comes The Moon
Doris Day – By the Light of the Silvery Moon
Doris Day – Moonlight Bay
The Marcels – Blue Moon
The Beatles – Mr. Moonlight
Dean Martin – That’s Amore
Terry Reid (with Enya) – The Whole Of The Moon
The Waterboys – The Whole Of The Moon
King Harvest – Dancing In The Moonlight
Clay Walker – Hypnotize The Moon
Air – Moon Fever
Cat Stevens – Moonshadow
Bob Seger – Shame on the Moon
Zap Mama – Moonray
Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask ‘Full Moon’
Kenny Rogers – I Prefer The Moonlight
Creedence Clearwater Revival – Bad Moon Rising
The Grateful Dead – Mountains of the Moon
Grateful Dead – Picasso Moon
Grateful Dead – Silver Apples of the Moon
Grateful Dead – Standing on the Moon
Trisha Yearwood – Lying to the Moon
Waterboys – The Whole of the Moon
Burl Ives – In The Evening By The Moonlight
Nina Simone – In The Evening By The Moonlight
Terrapin Station – Mountains Of The Moon
