This story was reported and written by Emily Stone.
So will the skies cooperate over West Bloomfield so we can all witness the most super "supermoon" this year?
The answer is kind of. The weather forecast is calling for mostly to partly cloudy skies for much of the overnight hours June 22-23, when the moon will appear super large and super close to Earth.
On June 22-23, the moon is at perigee — its closest approach to Earth, according to Astronomy magazine's website. The moon will be just 221,824 miles away from us.
So what's the best time to see this Supermoon? EarthSky says the moon will officially be full at 7:32 a.m. (EDT) Sunday. The actual perigee takes place about 20 minutes prior, according to Astronomy.
Don't want to get up at 7:32 a.m. to see the supermoon? The moon will look just about as full the evening of June 22, according to Astronomy, and it'll be full the evening of June 23.
EarthSky says this is the closest the moon will be to Earth until Aug. 10, 2014.
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