Well, the brightest possible of all supermoons (moon is closest possible to earth when it is full) is happening on Monday, November 14, 2016.
In the Eastern Standard Time Zone, exact fullness and orbit perigee happens at 8:53 am (5:53 am Pacific Time, 2:53 pm in Europe) For mers living in the Eastern Time Zone the moon will rise about 5 pm and set about 5 am, so it will be right overhead at its highrst point around midnight.
Mers living in the eastern Atlantic, the Mediterranean and the Indian Ocean will get a spectacular view, since the moon will rise during darkness and there will be big Harvest Moon effect with the moon appearing magnified and coloured.
Woo hoo! Mers in Australia & Ireland should make their way to moon pools too.
For the record, a few years ago I went underwater swimming during a spring supermoon when the water was crystal clear, and warm enough for swimming in a wetsuit. It was gorgeous. The moonlight glimmering on the water plants and rocks was surreal.. Make a vow to swim in brilliant moonlight at least once while you traverse the waters of this earth.
The water is seriously cold here now, though. Not sure a 3 mm wetsuit will cut it for going in the water 2 weeks from now. Hmmm . . .
Anyhow, enough of my freeform musings. More info. is here
http://www.businessinsider.com/a-sup...e-1948-2016-11
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