The skies are dazzled again as November brings a spectacular celestial event, a supermoon. This natural spectacle occurs when the full moon coincides with the Moon’s closest approach to Earth in its elliptical orbit, a point called perigee.

The result is a Moon that appears noticeably larger and brighter than on a typical night, offering a stunning treat for skywatchers around the world.

A supermoon is not a rare anomaly but rather a regular astronomical phenomenon tied to the Moon’s orbit. The Moon travels around Earth in an oval-shaped path, varying between about 3,60,000 km and 4,00,000 km from the planet.

When a full moon occurs at or near perigee, it looks up to 14 per cent bigger and 30 per cent brighter than when it is farther away at apogee, the point in the orbit when the Moon

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