Photo by katieharbath.

Photo by katieharbath.

Puny residents of the District of Columbia—nay, the world!—get ready to bow down to your new super moon overlord once more.

This weekend, there will be a full moon, but because of the earth’s close proximity to the moon’s orbit, it will be especially big and bright. The super moon will be at it its biggest tomorrow night. As NASA explains, “the Moon follows an elliptical path around Earth with one side (“perigee”) about 50,000 km closer than the other (“apogee”),” so a super moon occurs when a full moon coincides with when the perigee side of the moon is closest to Earth.

This year, that coincidence is happening three times. Tomorrow night will be the first instance, and then a sequel is expected to hit on August 10th. Finally, on September 9th, a conclusion to the super moon trilogy will occur.

The August 10 super moon, however, will be an “extra-super moon,” NASA says, as it “becomes full during the same hour of perigree.”

ALL HAIL THE SUPER MOON.