Skygazers, get ready to head outside and spot the supermoon tonight. The full moon will appear on Monday, Oct. 6, and you shouldn't have any trouble seeing it, as it'll be the first of four consecutive supermoons.

NASA says 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 benefit for us on Earth is that the moon will appear to be 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-Caltech

The moon will rise around sunset on Oct. 6, reaching peak

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