Supermoon

The biggest full moon of the year. Today, at 7 a.m. EDT, the moon will be the closest to the Earth of 2013, perigee — the point in its orbit bringing it closest to Earth, a distance of 221,824 miles.

Huge moon at moonrise

When the perigee moon lies close to the horizon it can appear absolutely enormous. That is when the famous "moon illusion” combines with reality to produce a truly stunning view. For reasons not fully understood by astronomers or psychologists, a low-hanging moon looks incredibly large when hovering near to trees, buildings and other foreground objects. The fact that the moon will be much closer than usual this weekend will only serve to amplify this strange effect.

So a perigee moon, either rising in the east at sunset or dropping down in the west at sunrise might seem to make the moon appear so close that it almost appears that you could touch it.

Moon Data
The following information is provided for Mobile, Mobile County, Alabama (longitude W88.1, latitude N30.7):

Saturday:  Moonrise                   7:17 p.m. On 22 June 2013
  Sunday:  Moonset                    6:03 a.m. On 23 June 2013
           Moonrise                   8:16 p.m. On 23 June 2013

If you miss the rise of the supermoon, “you can watch the lunar event live online with the online skywatching website Slooh Space Camera. The Slooh Space Camera will offer a free webcast of the supermoon fullmoon at 9 p.m. EDT on Sunday”