Feature entry: Almost supermoon

The moon was nearly full Saturday night as it rose over Athens (seen here next to the steeple of First United Methodist Church on College Street). But when it rises tonight -- Monday night -- it will be something special. It's the "Supermoon" -- so named by astrologers, not astronomers -- and it will be closer to the Earth than it has been since 1948. It will be a little bigger and a little brighter. Its real scientific name is "lunar perigee-syzygy," and when it happens Monday our only natural satellite will be a mere 221,524 miles away. The most distant the moon has been this year is 252,688 miles -- which happened on Halloween. If it's cloudy tonight and you miss it, the moon will be even closer on Nov. 25, 2034.