METEOR SHOWER, SUPERMOON TO COINCIDE SUNDAY NIGHT

Saturday, August 9, 2014

The Perseid meteor shower in Madrid, Spain in July 2014.

A shot of the Perseid meteor shower at Joshua Tree National Park, CA in August 1997.

A shot of a supermoon in Washington in July 2014.

A shot of a supermoon at Somoskoujfalu castle, about 75 miles northeast of Budapest, Hungary in July 2014.

METEOR SHOWER, SUPERMOON TO COINCIDE SUNDAY NIGHT(Wally Pacholka / AP)

Wally Pacholka / AP

Astronomy enthusiasts will be in for a special treat Sunday night as a meteor shower and rare supermoon will be illuminating the night's sky.

The Perseid meteor shower is an annual event, with nearly 100 shooting stars passing through the sky each hour. The supermoon though is fairly rare. Supermoons happen when the moon orbits 30,000 miles closer to Earth, making it appear significantly brighter and larger. Sunday's supermoon will be the largest of 2014 alone.

The supermoon will peak early Sunday evening and the meteor shower will be brightest early morning around 2 a.m. No binoculars or telescopes are required to catch the event, just step on outside and enjoy the natural beauty of the cosmos.