Brightest supermoon to shine over Switzerland on Thursday

An exceptional double celestial spectacle could be visible early Thursday evening in Switzerland, clouds permitting. A supermoon will rise in the east, while comet Tsuchinshan-Atlas continues its course across the western sky. + Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox The full moon itself will be reached on Thursday at 1:26 pm. This supermoon will light up the sky for three days this week, from Wednesday to Friday. Also known as the “hunter's moon”, this full moon will be the biggest and brightest of 2024. A supermoon is around 7% larger and 14% brighter than a regular full moon. The chances of seeing this spectacle are greatest in the Bernese Oberland, central, eastern and northeastern Switzerland. At the start of the night, cloud cover will still be incomplete in these regions, explained Marco Stoll of the Swiss Federal Office of Meteorology and Climatology (MeteoSwiss) to news agency Keystone-ATS. In the course of the evening, clouds will invade the sky from ...