View the Last Supermoon of 2020, the ‘Super Flower Moon,’ This Thursday
May brings the last supermoon of the year, the “Super Flower Moon,” marking the point when the moon is at the closest point to Earth along its orbit around the…
HIGH WYCOMBE, ENGLAND – SEPTEMBER 09: A blood red Supermoon is seen rising in the sky on September 9, 2014 in High Wycombe, England. (Photo by Richard Heathcote/Getty Images)
May brings the last supermoon of the year, the "Super Flower Moon," marking the point when the moon is at the closest point to Earth along its orbit around the planet.
Thursday morning (May 7) around 6:45 a.m. ET marks the peak of the "super flower moon," according to NASA. The moon will also appear full from now through Friday morning.
To best view the moon, look in the opposite direction of the sun to see the moonrise.
"The term 'supermoon' was coined by the astrologer Richard Nolle in 1979 and refers to either a new or full Moon that occurs within 90% of perigee, its closest approach to Earth in a given orbit," NASA said in a statement.
The next full supermoon won't be back until April 2021. Happy viewing!
