Tonight's Moon

The average distance between the Earth and the moon is about 238,000 miles. While looking at the Moon, it seems like you could almost touch it.

If you think tonight's Moon is spectacular, tomorrow night will be even better, brighter and orange.

Sarah Watson, of PressOfAtlanticCity.com writes, If you're out along the Boardwalk, or anywhere else along the coast, at 7:28 p.m. Saturday, the rising full moon may seem like it's been polished a little brighter and grown a bit.

That's because the moon will be closer to the Earth than it typically is during a full moon. It's an unusual lunar event in which the moon is full just as it comes closest to the Earth in its orbit.