The biggest and brightest Full Moon of this year will reach it's peak or closest distance to the Earth at 7:32 a.m. EST on Sunday June 23.

Viewers who want to see the Moon in full splendor have been advised to look for the Supermoon Sunday night at moonrise or moonset when it's on horizon. This particular Full Moon is popularly known as the Mead Moon, Rose Moon, or Honey Moon because if the air is sultry and hazy it gives the moon a red color, according to the U.S. Naval Oceoanography Portal.

Another popular name is the Strawberry Moon, since this is the peak of the short strawberry harvest season.

The Supermoon will reach its perigree or closest point to the Earth of its orbit and will be up to 14 percent larger and 30 percent brighter than a typical Full Moon is, according to NASA.

However astronomers at the U.S. Naval Oceanography Portal claim that the effect of the moon being larger than usual has to do with the so called "Moon Illusion," where the apparent size of the Moon's disc is distorted by its proximity to objects on the horizon when it is either rising or setting.

"This year many people may think the Moon looks bigger, but the Full Moon is never more than 30 degrees above the Washington horizon, inviting the Moon Illusion to play its tricks on all of us," an anonymous astronomer on the USNO site wrote.

The event will be live streamed by SLOOH (www.slooh.com) from the Canary Islands beginning onJune 23 at 9 p.m. EST.

Tags: Supermoon 2013