Supermoon In June Over Waterford

Feeling an urge to howl tonight? It might be explained by the full moon. A June moon is often called a "Strawberry moon" or a "Rose moon," but tonight's full moon is also a "Supermoon." 

This is the biggest and brightest moon of the year, because the Moon will be at its closest point to Earth on June 23—a mere 221,824 miles away, as compared to the usual 252,581 miles distant, according to NASA. It won't be this close again until August 2014.

The moon reached its closest point at precisely 7:32 a.m. this morning, but because of that, it looked huge last night too. From Earth, it will appear to be 14 percent bigger and 30 percent brighter than a typical full moon, NASA says. There will, however, be another Supermoon on July 7.