Supermoon 2017 Tonight: Watch Live Stream Online Here

Tonight is the beautiful 2017 supermoon. But if you can’t get outside and see a clear view of it, or if it’s too cloudy where you are to see this beautiful sight, then you can watch it on the live stream above. A video to watch the beautiful supermoon is above. It starts tonight, December 3, at around 9 p.m. Eastern, provided by Slooh.com. This super moon is also called the “Cold Moon” and it is the largest moon of 2017.

The best time to see the supermoon is just after the moon rises (5:15 p.m. Eastern) and right before the sun rises in your area. If you want to know when your local “moonrise” time is, check here. Peak viewing times as the moon is rising are 4:29 p.m. in San Francisco, 5:26 p.m. in New York City, 6:25 p.m. in Honolulu, and 4:28 p.m. in Alaska. Another peak viewing time will be around 3:45 a.m. Eastern on Monday, December 4 (or 8:45 p.m. GMT), when the moon is at its closest to the Earth. Here’s another supermoon live stream you can view below, provided by Virtual Telescope. This one showed the supermoon rising over Rome. It’s already aired:

The largest recent supermoon occurred in last year. It was the closest approach to Earth since 1948. The moon won’t come that close to Earth again until November 24, 2034. This next stream, below, shows the moon rising over Barcelona. This one has also just ended, but it will give you an idea of what to expect later tonight:

Tonight’s supermoon is the first of a supermoon trilogy. The next two supermoons will be on January 1 and January 31. The supermoon on January 31 is also known as the Blue Moon since it’s the second full moon of January. This will also occur during a total lunar eclipse which also takes place on January 31, 2018.

The supermoon occurs in about one in ever 14 moons. It looks slightly larger and slightly brighter, and definitely catches the eye. In fact, sometimes the difference between a normal full moon and a supermoon are nearly indistinguishable. But experts agree that the best time to view the moon is right as it is over the horizon, because that’s when it appears the largest. In some situations, the supermoon can appear up to 14 percent bigger and 30 percent brighter than a normal full moon. Today’s moon is expected to be 16 percent brighter and 7 percent larger than normal.

The supermoon occurs when a full moon happens at the same time as the perigee of the moon (the point when the moon is closest to the Earth in its orbit.) This shorter distance makes the moon appear larger in the sky. But this moon won’t appear as bright as last November’s supermoon, which was the closest the moon had been to the Earth in 68 years. If you want the best view of the moon, get as far away from ambient light as possible. To take a photo, fit your camera with a telephoto lens and lengthen the shutter time and increase the sensitivity (ISO) to compensate for the lower nighttime light.