As lunar perigee occurs only a couple hours ahead of full moon this will be the best supermoon of the year. Perigee will occur at 01:23HST, just before the 03:52 full moon. This leads to a modestly larger and brighter full moon.
| Full Moons for 2016
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| UT | HST | |||
| January | Jan 24 | 01:46UT | Jan 23 | 15:46HST |
| February | Feb 22 | 18:20UT | Feb 22 | 08:20HST |
| March* | Mar 23 | 12:01UT | Mar 23 | 02:01HST |
| April | Apr 22 | 05:24UT | Apr 21 | 19:24HST |
| May | May 21 | 21:15UT | May 21 | 11:15HST |
| June | Jun 20 | 11:02UT | Jun 20 | 01:02HST |
| July | Jul 19 | 22:57UT | Jul 19 | 12:57HST |
| August | Aug 18 | 09:27UT | Aug 17 | 23:27HST |
| September* | Sep 16 | 19:05UT | Sep 16 | 09:05HST |
| October | Oct 16 | 04:23UT | Oct 15 | 18:23HST |
| November | Nov 14 | 13:52UT | Nov 14 | 03:52HST |
| December | Dec 14 | 00:05UT | Dec 13 | 14:05HST |
| *Lunar Eclipse | ||||
| Source: NASA Sky Calendar | ||||
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