October’s full moon is a supermoon, treating Californians to a dazzling view in which the moon will appear especially large and bright.

This month's moon is known as the Harvest moon (but this name doesn't always know October full moons). It's the first of three supermoons, the name given when a full moon is at or near its closest point to Earth, a point known as the perigee, said NASA .

On its elliptical orbit, the moon passes through the point closest to Earth during its 27-day orbit.

When the moon reaches perigee, it’s about 226,000 miles from our planet (although the exact distance can vary), said NASA , making some supermoons closer or farther than others. That’s still extraordinarily far from us, but nonetheless has a visual impact: the full moon appears “especially large and

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