Amateur astronomers and space enthusiasts have been enjoying one of Planet Earth’s brightest full moons overnight as it came to one of its closest points in its orbit.<br /><br />August’s supermoon is considered to be the most remarkable of the year because it came so close: just 356,000 kilometers.<br /><br />Young stargazer, Eve Tessier commented: “As you can see, it’s really bright. It’s a full moon, but really, really bright. There’s only going to be four … three, sorry, of these moons in the whole of 2014. There’s only going to be three of these moons the whole year.”<br /><br />The supermoon is technically called a “perigee moon” and happens when the moon is full as it reaches perigee, that’s the point of its orbit closest to the Earth. <br /><br />The third and final supermoon of the summer is expected on September 9.
