We’re Gonna Get Supermooned Tonight

If you don’t check out the moon tonight when it is the closest full moon to earth, then you’ll have to wait until November 14th of 2016 to see it this close again. From EarthSky:

Today – March 19 – features the closest full moon of 2011. Some are calling it a supermoon. As a result, you might look for higher-than-usual tides along the ocean coastlines throughout the world.

What’s true – and false – about the March 19 supermoon

Moon, Saturn, and Spica on Saturday evening, March 19 

What’s more, the bright point of light in the vicinity of tonight’s moon is the planet Saturn, the 6th planet outward from the sun. More