CHICAGO — Chicago residents will be able to see an especially bigger and brighter "supermoon" lighting up the Chicago sky Monday night.
A supermoon is when a full moon in orbit makes its closest pass to Earth. It will appear "up to 14 percent bigger and 30 percent brighter," NASA told NPR.
The supermoon on Monday will be a rare and special occasion, because it will be the only supermoon to be completely full this year and the closest one to Earth since 1948. There won't be another moon as "super" as this until 2034, NASA said.
NASA said the biggest and brightest moon in the United States can be observed Monday morning just before dawn.
This is the second of three supermoons scheduled to appear this year — the final supermoon of 2016 will grace the sky on Dec. 14.
Check out this roundup of supermoons seen in Chicago and around the world.
We were going to challenge the photographers in #Baikonur for a #supermoon with #SoyuzMS03 rocket picture, but @ingallsimages delivered! pic.twitter.com/rqteYuq2s2
— Human Spaceflight (@esaspaceflight) November 14, 2016
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Supermoon St. Louis from the Compton Hill Water Tower #supermoon #stl Vertical or horizontal? More pix coming at @stltoday & in print Monday pic.twitter.com/iKDPkp6Ztq
— David Carson (@PDPJ) November 13, 2016
