Is that fur-real? Beaver Moon will beam 14% larger and 30% brighter in the night sky over Britain tonight

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Look to the skies tonight and you will be awestruck - as long as it's not too cloudy.?

Skygazers will be able to see a moon brighter and larger than usual as it moves closer to Earth.

The 'Beaver Moon' will appear around 14 per cent larger in 直径 and 30 per cent brighter than usual.

The second 'supermoon' of the year will be 明白な tonight and tomorrow evening.

In the Northern 半球, November's 十分な moon occurs at the time of year when hunters used to 始める，決める 罠（にかける）s before waters froze over to 確実にする a 供給（する） of warm furs for winter ? hence the 指名する Beaver Moon.

Tonight and tomorrow, skygazers will be able to see a moon brighter and larger than usual as it moves closer to Earth. Pictured, the sky over Berlin's TV Tower this evening

The 'Beaver Moon' will appear around 14 per cent larger in 直径 and 30 per cent brighter than usual. Above, the moon seen over Ely, Cambridgeshire

A majestic 見解（をとる） on a hill 近づく the village of Ebnat-Kappel in Switzerland tonight. In the Northern 半球, November's 十分な moon occurs at the time of year when hunters used to 始める，決める 罠（にかける）s before waters froze over to 確実にする a 供給（する） of warm furs for winter ? hence the 指名する Beaver Moon

Spinnaker Tower in Portsmouth, Hampshire this evening.?This is the second 'supermoon' of the year

At some points, the moon is about 5 per cent closer to Earth than 普通の／平均（する）, known as perigee, and at others 5 per cent その上の away, known as apogee. Pictured, the 十分な moon over Naypyitaw, Myanmar

'It should be a really beautiful sight.?

'It's 価値（がある） 公式文書，認めるing that the best time to see any 反対する in the sky is when it's as high as it can be, so really around midnight,' said Tom Kerss, 天文学者 at 王室の 観測所 Greenwich.

Met Office 予報官 Emma Sharples said: 'There would have been some rain on the start of Saturday that （疑いを）晴らすs away, and 現実に we get into much clearer skies as we go through Satur day evening and 夜通し, but there will be some にわか雨s in more northern and western areas.?

'There is a good chance of catching a glimpse of it.'

The moon has a わずかに elliptical 軌道 ? it does not move 一連の会議、交渉／完成する the Earth in a perfect circle.

At some points, the moon is about 5 per cent closer to Earth than 普通の／平均（する）, known as perigee, and at others 5 per cent その上の away, known as apogee.

This month's 十分な moon will be 226,182 miles from Earth, closer than its 普通の／平均（する） 238,900 miles.

It will reach the 頂点（に達する） of its 十分な 段階 at 5.23am on Saturday.

The first supermoon of the year was 明白な on January 12, and the third will 落ちる on December 3.?

This month's 十分な moon will be 226,182 miles from Earth, closer than its 普通の／平均（する） 238,900 miles. (Above, over Naypyitaw)