Notice to astronomy enthusiasts. The fourth and final supermoon of the year will occur Friday night into Saturday at exactly 3:36 a.m., reported TF1 News tuesday. It is called the Super Sturgeon Moon.
On this occasion, our natural satellite will be at perigee; is the point in its orbit closest to the center of the Earth. The Moon will then appear larger and brighter.
The peak of the Perseids
The show promises to be there since the peak of the shooting stars of the Perseids is planned at the same time. A hundred meteors per hour should then be in the game. However, the brightness of the Moon should make the stars a little paler, specify our colleagues.
According to them, another rain of shooting stars, that of kappa-Cygnids, will also reach its peak on August 17th. Three meteors per hour will be visible there.