Supermoon on the horizon: how Australians can experience the ‘harvest moon’

The first supermoon of the year, known as the harvest moon, rises above lower Manhattan in the US. Australians will be able to view the supermoon on Tuesday night. Photograph: Kylie Cooper/Reuters

If you look up to a clear night sky Tuesday evening, a dramatic full moon – seemingly closer and brighter than usual – will be shining.

For Australians, the best viewing of this year’s first supermoon – a “harvest moon” – will be at around sunset, where it will appear large and bright on the eastern horizon.