--- title: 'Supermoon' to Appear in the Sky Saturday Night description: The so-called "supermoon," one of the three largest apparent full moons of this year, will be rising in the sky tonight. canonical: https://time.com/4016168/how-to-watch-the-supermoon-live-tonight/ author: Jacob Davidson article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-08-29T21:06:48.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-05-11T05:01:52.951Z article:section: Science og:title: How to Watch the 'Supermoon' Live Tonight og:description: The "supermoon" is the first of this year’s three largest apparent full moons og:url: https://time.com/4016168/how-to-watch-the-supermoon-live-tonight/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf3e5f8adce8cf40f/698861890b72e307176e59a0/gettyimages-453454854.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: BRAZIL-SUPERMOON og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: How to Watch the 'Supermoon' Live Tonight twitter:description: The "supermoon" is the first of this year’s three largest apparent full moons twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf3e5f8adce8cf40f/698861890b72e307176e59a0/gettyimages-453454854.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # See Highlights From The 'Supermoon' by [Jacob Davidson](https://time.com/author/jacob-davidson/) ## Jacob Davidson Aug 29, 2015 9:06 PM UTC  The supermoon rises at Ipanema beach in Rio de Janeiro on Aug. 10, 2014. The supermoon rises at Ipanema beach in Rio de Janeiro on Aug. 10, 2014.Yasuyoshi Chiba—AFP/Getty Images by [Jacob Davidson](https://time.com/author/jacob-davidson/) ## Jacob Davidson Aug 29, 2015 9:06 PM UTC The so-called “supermoon,” one of the three largest apparent full moons of this year, rose in the sky last night. Time readers can watch highlights from a live stream of the moonrise hosted by the Slooh observatory. The broadcast was guided by the observatory’s expert Paul Cox, and explains the the difference between the “supermoon” and a “mega moon,” and how much larger tonight’s moon appears compared to the “mini moon” in March, along with other details and insights. ### Here are the Best Photos from Cassini's Mission to Saturn  The spinning vortex of Saturn's north polar storm on Nov. 27, 2012\. Taken using a combination of spectral filters sensitive to wavelengths of near-infrared light. NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute  Saturn's lonely moon, Mimas on Nov. 30, 2004. AFP/Getty Images  The rings of Saturn captured by Cassini before it entered the orbit on 21 Jun. 2004. SSPL/Getty Images  A view of Saturn's moon Dione, taken during a close flyby on Jun. 16, 2015. NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute  The moons Titan, Mimas, and Rhea, captured by Cassini in this image released on Jun. 22, 2015. NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute  A geyser basin at the south pole of Enceladus on Nov. 30, 2010. NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute  A huge northern storm on Saturn In mid-Sept. 2004. Barcroft Media/Getty Images  Chasms on Dione. The image was taken in visible light with the Cassini spacecraft narrow-angle camera on April 11, 2015. NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute  Pandora on the edge of Saturn's ring on Nov. 8, 2009. NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute  View of Saturn's rings as they surround the planet. Universal History Archive—UIG/Getty Images  The Earth and the moon photographed by NASA's Cassini spacecraft on Jul. 19, 2013. NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute  Pale, icy Dione, taken on Oct. 11, 2005. NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute—NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute  Red arcs in the northern area of Tethys on April 2015. NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute  An aurora on Saturn. The composite image was made from 65 individual observations by Cassini's visual and infrared mapping spectrometer on Nov. 1, 2008\. The observations were each six minutes long. NASA/SSPL/Getty Images  The Cassini spacecraft captured the storms at Saturn's north pole in this false color image released in April 2013\. The storm appears dark red while the fast-moving hexagonal jet stream framing it is a yellowish green. Low-lying clouds circling inside the hexagonal feature appear in orange. A second, smaller vortex pops out in teal at the lower right of the image. The rings of Saturn appear in vivid blue at the top right. NASA/JPL-Caltech/SSI  Saturn's moon Enceladus brightly reflects sunlight before a backdrop of the planet's rings. Universal History Archive/UIG/Getty Images  The Cassini spacecraft observed three of Saturn's moons set against the night side of the planet in this image from April 2011. NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute  Phoebe, captured during Cassini's flyby on Jun. 11, 2004. NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute  Five moons of Saturn dominated by Rhea in the foreground on Jan. 11, 2011. NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute—NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute  The Cassini spacecraft takes one of its last good looks at Iapetus, a Saturnian moon. UIG/Getty Images  Saturn's moon Hyperion, taken during a close flyby on May 31, 2015\. This flyby marks the mission's final close approach to Saturn's largest irregularly shaped moon. NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute  The Cassini spacecraft captures a glimpse of the moon Atlas shortly after emerging from Saturn's shadow on Jan. 23, 2014. NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute  Mimas, Dione and Titan on May 27, 2015\. The image is taken using a spectral filter which preferentially admits wavelengths of near-infrared light centered at 728 nanometers NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute  A swing high above Saturn by NASA's Cassini spacecraft revealed this stately view of the golden-hued planet and its main rings on Oct. 10, 2013. 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