The blue supermoon has been lighting up the globe. Here’s how you can view it tonight in the United States.

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The blue supermoon has been lighting up the globe. Here’s how you can view it tonight in the ******* States.

The supermoon as seen in London on Aug. 18. (Toby Melville/Reuters)

Tonight’s moon will be the biggest and brightest of the year, thanks to the convergence of two lunar events: a blue moon and a supermoon, which won’t be seen again until

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According to

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, the event began Sunday morning and will continue through early Wednesday morning, giving the appearance of a full moon for three days.

The event closely follows last week’s rare overlap of the Perseid meteor shower and northern lights, which also resulted in dazzling photos from all around the world.

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There are

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of blue moons. The first is a seasonal blue moon, which refers to the third full moon in an astronomical season that has four full moons.

The second is a monthly blue moon, which refers to the second full moon in a calendar month with two full moons.

The two definitions are now used interchangeably as alternative understandings.

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The moon’s orbit is

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, which is an elongated circle. This means that sometimes the moon is closer to the Earth than at other times.

A

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occurs when the moon’s orbit is closest to Earth at the same time the moon is full, resulting in a slightly larger and brighter full moon.

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Tonight’s moon is also being referred to as a

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In the 1930s,

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began

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, using expressions supposedly taken from Native ********* tribes (specifically the Algonquin tribe) and ********* settlers.

According to this almanac, these moon names corresponded to that month’s harvest — such as the

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in May, the

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in June or the

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in July.

By this naming convention, the August full moon is the

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, named for the large fish in the Great Lakes and other major bodies of water, fish that were more easily caught this time of year.

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Tonight’s moon will be visible with the ****** eye and will not require any particular location for viewing.

To see what time the moon will be rising where you live, resources like

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have moonrise calendars based on your zip code. There are also moon tracker apps that can provide detailed information for your location.

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To get a sneak peek of tonight’s rare lunar event, here are some photos of Earth’s satellite captured in places where the moon has already risen.

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