Look! Up in the sky! It's supermoon!

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Sunday, July 13, 2014
Traffic streaks by the supermoon as it rises behind the Memorial Bridge in Washington, Saturday, July 12, 2014.
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Saturday night's full moon is a little bit more special and it's called a supermoon.

This cycle of the full moon looks bigger and brighter than usual because it's closer to the Earth.

That's because the moon follows an elliptical orbit.

Two more supermoons will appear in August and September.

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