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It's going to be a bit chilly, but an evening stroll could be well worth it on Tuesday evening.
A stunning Supermoon will be in full phase, as well as being the closest to earth it will be all year.
According to EarthSky, "this February full moon reaches its exact full phase closer to the time of perigee than any other full moon this year."
Don't forget — tonight's your chance to see the second "supermoon" of 2019 >> https://t.co/D5TDh3Hi0U pic.twitter.com/hdCNorTRLM
— NASA Marshall (@NASA_Marshall) February 19, 2019
Tuesday night will mark the second Supermoon of the year, with the first occurring on Jan. 21 and the third scheduled to appear on March. 31.
“The moon will look extremely large when it rises and sets. This ‘moon illusion’ happens when the moon is close to the horizon and there are objects within our line of sight such as trees or buildings,” says NASA astronomer Mitzi Adams.
“Because these relatively close objects are in front of the moon, our brain is tricked into thinking the moon is much closer to the objects that are in our line of sight.”
EarthSky explains that all of these full moons are less than 362,000 km distant as measured from the centers of the Earth and moon.
In contrast, the year’s farthest full moon on September 14, 2019, will reside at a distance of 406,248 km.