The "Supermoon" officially arrives today at 3 PM Eastern Standard Time when the moon orbits closer to earth than it's been in 18 years. Tonight's views of the moon will be especially neat because the moon's perigee, the closest point in its orbital cycle to the earth, aligns within an hour to when the full-moon actually occurs.
This alignment will not cause any type of natural disasters to fall upon the denizens of our planet, but does provide some spectacular viewing conditions, depending on your weather of course. The moon will be about 14 percent larger and 30 percent brighter than lesser full moons - not that it is all that perceptable to the naked eye.
If you are a photographer, tonight's supermoon will provide a great subject to get started in astrophotography. Beyond Megapixels has some great tips for photographing the moon:
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