The moon will turn full at 7:32 a.m. EDT Sunday. It will reach its closest point to the Earth 22 minutes earlier and will be visible after the sun sets that evening.
For this year, it will occur on Sunday, 23 June 2013 at 7:32pm Singapore time (UT+8).

Supermoon at Punggol Promenade, Mar 2011. [Source]
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The effect is to make the Moon seem 30% bigger and 14% brighter than when it is furthest from the planet.


While skywatchers will be able to spot another supermoon in July, the moon will not be this close again until August 2014.
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