The moon will be the closest it has been to the Earth in 18 years today, resulting in an 18 percent larger and 30 percent more lustrous moon than usual ... thus coining the name "Super Moon." There has been a speculative buzz about the phenomenon's prominence, linking it to higher tidal waves and inevitably sparking the theory that the occurrence will yield some catastrophic natural disaster. Wether that's true or not is yet to be determined, for now enjoy it's eerie beauty.