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Get Ready to Spot the Spectacular Supermoon Dominating the Night Sky

You won’t need a telescope to marvel at the huge moon.

Skygazers, get ready to head outside and spot the supermoon, coming in October.

NASA says that a supermoon is any moon within 90% of perigee, which occurs when the moon is closest to Earth. During this time, the moon is approximately 226,000 miles away from our planet, roughly 25,000 miles closer than when it is in apogee. The full moon appears on Oct. 6, and you shouldn’t have any trouble seeing it. It’ll be the first of four consecutive supermoons, one each month, as the moon continues its elliptical orbit around Earth.

The benefit for us on Earth is that the moon will appear bigger and brighter than usual. This is the best time to view it outside of a lunar eclipse and the subsequent blood moon.

The moon will rise around sunset on Oct. 6, reaching peak illumination at 11:47 p.m. ET. It’ll be the brightest thing in the sky, and you won’t need any help from a magnification device to see it. However, you should probably bring something if you intend to use this opportunity to take some memorable moon photos. The only thing that’ll obscure your view of it is cloud cover.

If you can’t make it outside on Oct. 6, the moon will remain mostly full from Oct. 4 through Oct. 9, so there are plenty of chances to see it.

October’s full moon also has the distinction of being the harvest moon. Typically, September and October share this distinction depending on which month has the full moon closest to the autumn equinox. Thanks to full moons occurring so early in the month right now, that distinction goes to October. During years where September gets the name, October’s full moon is referred to as the hunter’s moon.

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Today’s NYT Connections Hints, Answers and Help for March 18, #1011

Here are some hints and the answers for the NYT Connections puzzle for March 18 #1011.

Looking for the most recent Connections answers? Click here for today’s Connections hints, as well as our daily answers and hints for The New York Times Mini Crossword, Wordle, Connections: Sports Edition and Strands puzzles.

Today’s NYT Connections puzzle is pretty tricky, but musicians might find the blue group easy. Read on for clues and today’s Connections answers.

The Times has a Connections Bot, like the one for Wordle. Go there after you play to receive a numeric score and to have the program analyze your answers. Players who are registered with the Times Games section can now nerd out by following their progress, including the number of puzzles completed, win rate, number of times they nabbed a perfect score and their win streak.

Read more: Hints, Tips and Strategies to Help You Win at NYT Connections Every Time

Hints for today’s Connections groups

Here are four hints for the groupings in today’s Connections puzzle, ranked from the easiest yellow group to the tough (and sometimes bizarre) purple group.

Yellow group hint: Time between two things, maybe.

Green group hint: That smarts!

Blue group hint: Rockers know these well.

Purple group hint: You might write one out to pay a bill.