Skygazers, get ready to head outside and spot the supermoon, coming in October.

NASA says that a supermoon is any moon within 90% of perigee, which occurs when the moon is closest to Earth. During this time, the moon is approximately 226,000 miles away from our planet, roughly 25,000 miles closer than when it is in apogee. The full moon appears on Oct. 6, and you shouldn't have any trouble seeing it. It'll be the first of four consecutive supermoons, one each month, as the moon continues its elliptical orbit around Earth.

The benefit for us on Earth is that the moon will appear bigger and brighter than usual. This is the best time to view it outside of a lunar eclipse and the subsequent blood moon .

The moon will appear up to 14% bigger and 30% brighter than a micro moon. NASA/JPL

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