Supermoon

The first full moon of the summer in 2021, rising Thursday night, is also the last supermoon of the year.

The gravity from the full moon, in alignment with the sun during Thursday’s strawberry supermoon, pulls on the oceans and causes high tides off the SoCal coast. Belen De Leon has the forecast for NBC4 on Thursday, June 24, 2021.

A “strawberry moon” will rise on Thursday, June 24th. Here’s what you need to know.

A unusually large full moon named after the pink phlox plant glowed overnight around the world.

A “Pink” supermoon illuminated the sky Monday night, appearing bigger and brighter than other full moons thus far this year.

The first of two supermoons this year will appear Monday evening over Southern California.

Here’s how to see the first supermoon of 2021. Video broadcast Monday April 26, 2021 on the NBC4 News at 11 a.m.

If you think the last few nights have seemed brighter than usual, you’re absolutely right – but the main event is Sunday night. The so called “worm moon” will be visible all night. Gary Hawkins with the San Diego Astronomy Association says there are about 13 full moons each year. This one marks our third of the year. It gets…

If you looked up to the night sky Wednesday night chances are you saw a big, bright supermoon. If you missed it, don’t worry, you still have time.

A supermoon rose above the sky on Tuesday. It was the first in a string of supermoons this year. The next supermoon will occur in May.

A supermoon rises in the sky this week, looking to be the biggest and brightest of the year

Early morning risers were treated to a spectacle in the sky Wednesday in Southern California.

Southern California was in for a lunar treat as the blue blood supermoon gave a spectacular sight with a bigger, brighter and even redder moon. Once the lunar event is over, you can expect temperatures to stay in the 80s through the week thanks to an offshore wind. Shanna Mendiola has your First Alert Forecast for Wednesday, Jan. 31, 2018.

The usually reliable Geminid meteor shower peaks Tuesday night. The problem this year is the meteors arrive at the same time as the full Supermoon. Most years on a clear night you can see 120 meteors per hour but the moon will hide all but the brightest streaks.