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Supermoon: Occurs when the Moon is full and at its closest point to the Earth. This period is called PERIGEU, when the satellite appears in the sky about 14% higher and 30% brighter than in the Apogee (Micromoon) – when it is farther away.
A full moon on the 15th day Chinese Lunar New Year 元宵节 hiding behind the cloudy sky here..
Wishing all my friends "Gong xi fa cai" and have a prosperous rabbit year !
The full flower moon's peak illumination happens at 12.56pm EDT.
It is called a
" MICROMOON "
The moon will appear full on the two nights before and after this date.
Tonight's supermoon rising above Lake Michigan, on October 18th, 2024...
It is called a supermoon (Perigee) because it is 30,000 miles closer to the earth than other full moons when the are furthest from the earth (Apogee micromoons).
This means it is 14% larger and 30% brighter than those other full moons!
Here the moon is 222, 056 miles from the earth.
This is the first of a series of images featuring this supermoon... Enjoy!
Also known as Hungry Moon and Bear moon.
Southwest Arizona, USA.
The full moon will peak on Saturday, Feb. 24 at 7:30 a.m. EST. Illuminating in the zodiac sign of Virgo this month, the micromoon will be at its farthest point from Earth at approximately 252,225 miles, creating a smaller moon view from a skywatchers' perspective on planet Earth.
Full frame. No crop. No post processing.
I am miles behind on my photography work ... can you believe it's September and I'm STILL working on photos from our early Summer break to Devon?!
Sharing some shots of Goodrington and Dartmoor, and some places in between!
I am miles behind on my photography work ... can you believe it's September and I'm STILL working on photos from our early Summer break to Devon?!
Sharing some shots of Goodrington and Dartmoor, and some places in between!
Excerpt from www.cnn.com/2024/02/23/world/full-snow-moon-february-scn/...:
February’s full moon, known as the snow moon, is set to peak on Saturday, shining bright around the world in the night sky.
The moon will be at its most full at 7:30 a.m. ET Saturday, according to EarthSky, but to the human eye, the moon will appear full for a couple of days, so the best time to view it will be the nights before and after its peak.
While called the snow moon — a nickname inspired by the heavy snowfall typically seen in February in parts of the United States, according to the Farmers’ Almanac — the golden orb will look almost like any ordinary full moon. But this moon will be a micromoon, meaning it might look slightly smaller than usual.
“It’s just a little bit farther away from Earth than (the moon) typically is,” said Rachel Klima, a planetary geologist and lunar expert with Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory in Laurel, Maryland.
“It’s about 10% smaller. So it may look a little bit smaller. But a lot of the time, when people see a really huge moon, it’s usually because it’s low on the horizon, rather than because of the actual distance of it,” Klima said. “(The micromoon) won’t be super, super tiny. It’ll just be a little bit smaller than your average full moon that you look up at.”
The full moon phase occurs when the moon, Earth and the sun are in alignment, in that order. February’s full moon will occur when the moon is at its farthest point from Earth in its elliptical orbit, known as the apogee, Klima said. The micromoon will also be dimmer than the moon typically looks by about 30%, according to EarthSky, allowing for slightly better visibility of nearby celestial objects, without the average luminous interference.
This year, the snow moon will be seen shining next to constellation Leo’s brightest star, Regulus. Near the moon’s peak, on the night of February 23, the star will be seen just below the orb, according to EarthSky.
I am miles behind on my photography work ... can you believe it's September and I'm STILL working on photos from our early Summer break to Devon?!
Sharing some shots of Goodrington and Dartmoor, and some places in between!
I am miles behind on my photography work ... can you believe it's September and I'm STILL working on photos from our early Summer break to Devon?!
Sharing some shots of Goodrington and Dartmoor, and some places in between!
For Miniature Sunday and Blue Monday - two in one :-)
I had a summer photo-session with the full moon of July on a lovely blue hour. By the way, the Mars was rising in the skies too, but even if it was the biggest in some certain period of years, still too small to get into the picture meaningfully.
Cannot resist a composite, plus, casting a bit of tilt-shift magic on blue cityscapes of Toronto...
So, happy Miniature Sunday and Blue Monday!
The full pink moon rises majestically behind the Salesforce Tower in San Francisco, casting a glowing halo over the city skyline. The warm lights of the Palace of Fine Arts below contrast with the cool evening sky, creating a captivating urban nocturne
Tonight's full moon is known as the Snow Moon.
It's also a micromoon, the opposite of a super moon.
This image is not a moon at all, just some reprocessing.
A supermoon is the coincidence of a full moon or a new moon with the closest approach the Moon makes to the Earth on its elliptical orbit, resulting in the largest apparent size of the lunar disk as seen from Earth. The technical name is the perigee-syzygy of the Earth-Moon-Sun system. The term "supermoon" is not astronomical, but originated in modern astrology. The association of the Moon with both oceanic and crustal tides has led to claims that the supermoon phenomenon may be associated with increased risk of events such as earthquakes and volcanic eruptions, but the evidence of such a link is widely held to be unconvincing.
The most recent occurrence was on August 10, 2014. The next and closest supermoon of 2014 will be on September 9.
The opposite phenomenon, an apogee-syzygy, has been called a micromoon, though this term is not as widespread as supermoon.
I am miles behind on my photography work ... can you believe it's September and I'm STILL working on photos from our early Summer break to Devon?!
Sharing some shots of Goodrington and Dartmoor, and some places in between!
I am miles behind on my photography work ... can you believe it's September and I'm STILL working on photos from our early Summer break to Devon?!
Sharing some shots of Goodrington and Dartmoor, and some places in between!
Micro Harvest Moon ~ Waxing Gibbous ~ Catford ~ London ~ England ~ Friday September Thirteenth 2019.
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Last nights Micro Harvest Moon here in the UK is the last Full Moon on a Friday the Thirteenth for 30 Years! The next one here in in 2049! I'll be a sprightly 82 the next time one rolls around lol..:)
Have a great Weekend Y'all..:)
This composite was captured on 2021-11-17 between 4:28MT and 4:43MT. Each image taken 3 minutes apart. Although the moon 'looks' large it is only slightly larger than a Micromoon. Distance from earth 402,147.405 km.
The two extreme points of the Moon’s orbit each month are known as the lunar perigee (closest approach) and apogee (farthest apart).
A Supermoon: A Full Moon that occurs when the center of the Moon is less than 360,000 kilometers from the center of Earth.
A Micromoon: A Full Moon that occurs when the center of the Moon is farther than 405,000 kilometers from the center of Earth.
A Super Full Moon's angular size is 12.5% to14.1% bigger than a Micro Full Moon, and 5.9% to 6.9% bigger than an average Full Moon.
Image details: captured with a fully modified Canon EOSR, 100-400mm lens with 2X Extender at 500mm, 720nm IR cut filter.
Front Row Seats at the Drive-In Movie! I didn't "see" this in the moment, but once I opened it on the computer it's all I could see. Two old friends meeting at the Drive-In to watch the moon rise.
Snow Full Moon, 2023-02-04
Called the Snow moon in North America and Europe as February is the month of heaviest snowfalls. Native American tribes also refer to it as the Hunger Moon because it was difficult to hunt under harsh weather conditions.
February's full moon is also the second and last micromoon of 2023. At a distance of 405,830 miles compared to August 2023 supermoon at a distance of 357,344 miles.
Image captured with a fully modified Canon EOSR with a 720nm filter, Canon 100mm-400mm lens at 350mm. Composite image of the moons movement every 4 minutes.
A full moon which appears unusually small due to coinciding with the Moon's apogee (the point in the Moon's orbit at which is it farthest away from Earth).
スノームーン、今年、1番のマイクロムーン
It's been some pretty Full Moon of June and when it's just showed up above Ontario Lake on a beautiful young blue hour right after sunset it has the most delicious scarlet-pinkish tone plus looked more elliptic and huge due to the optical illusion. It was priceless!
As it was getting darker the moon turned gold and then white as it was going up and up into the skies.
*The image is a composite I did due to various reasons, one of which is that I needed different exposure for the moon and the cityscape. Also been shifting the moon a little bit along the horizontal oxis to a cool spot neat our CN Tower, sorry can't help it! A bit of tilt-shift magic to the skyline helped too :-)
A long exposure of the micromoon's moonlight. The moon was bright enough that a long exposure produced photos that look like they were taken in the middle of the day!
The Pink Moon, or April's full moon, will be visible on April 12, 2025 at 8:22 PM ET, marking the first full moon of the spring season. It's also a "micromoon," meaning it will appear smaller than average because it will be at its farthest point from Earth in its orbit.
I am miles behind on my photography work ... can you believe it's September and I'm STILL working on photos from our early Summer break to Devon?!
Sharing some shots of Goodrington and Dartmoor, and some places in between!
The Moon Rose over the rock “Haghia” in Meteora, Greece, on the very night preceding the Full Harvest Moon. The Moon was close to its apogee (the point of its orbit farthest from Earth), it was therefore a micromoon.
The rock formation Haghia (aka Aïá, from the Greek word Ἁϊά, meaning “Great Saint”) is 2,067 ft high (630 m, measured from sea level). This is the highest of all Meteora rocks. On its top there are the ruins of the abbey (aka monastery) of the 12 Apostles. It was built on the very spot of ancient fortifications of Aeginium (the city currently called Kalampaka). Haghia is probably the most impressive of the lofty rock formations called Meteora.
Meteora is the name of the group comprising many impressive and lofty rock formations: The height of the sandstone megaliths ranges between 1,000-2,067 ft (300-630 m). The rock masses which were formed 60 million years ago are geologically unique and listed in UNESCO world heritage sites. The Varlaam monastery (abbey) was built in 1517-1518 on a 1,808 ft high (551 m) rock.
When the Moon was shot, it had: 98.53% illumination, 13.3 days’ age, -12.52 magnitude, 402,547 km distance from Earth, an a 104° 42′ 41″ azimuth and it was 06° 20′ 09″ above horizon.
A supermoon is a full moon or a new moon that nearly coincides with perigee—the closest that the Moon comes to the Earth in its elliptic orbit—resulting in a slightly larger-than-usual apparent size of the Moon as viewed from Earth.[1] The technical name is a perigee syzygy (of the Earth–Moon–Sun system) or a full (or new) Moon around perigee.[a] Because the term supermoon is astrological in origin, it has no precise astronomical definition.[2]
The real association of the Moon with both oceanic and crustal tides has led to claims that the supermoon phenomenon may be associated with increased risk of events like earthquakes and volcanic eruptions, but no such link has been found.[3]
The opposite phenomenon, an apogee syzygy or a full (or new) Moon around apogee, has been called a micromoon.
A blue moon is an additional full moon that appears in a subdivision of a year: the third of four full moons in a season.
The phrase in modern usage has nothing to do with the actual color of the Moon, although a visually blue Moon (the Moon appearing with a bluish tinge) may occur under certain atmospheric conditions—for instance, if volcanic eruptions or fires release particles in the atmosphere of just the right size to preferentially scatter red light.
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The Moon shot from London on the 13th September, just a few hours from full.
This was the full moon farthest placed from Earth (Apogee) in 2019. Also informally known as a micro-moon - though you'd not be able to distinguish between it and a 'super-moon' with the naked eye!
Celestron Edge HD11 & Canon EOS 6D
The Full Harvest Moon sets at dawn. The lunar golden and orange hue matches the magenta-rich colors of the belt of Venus at sunrise. The setting Moon is not companionless: a spectacular conjuction of the Moon and Mars graces the sky. The Red Planet appears brighter in the sky and bigger than usual, as it will reach Opposition in a few days.
Both celestial bodies set above the Varlaam monastery (abbey), built in 1517-1518 on a 1,808 ft high (551 m) rock formation. The latter is only one of the many impressive and lofty rocks, collectively called Meteora, in Greece. The height of the sandstone megaliths ranges between 1,000-2,067 ft (300-630 m). The rock masses which were formed 60 million years ago, are geologically unique and listed in UNESCO world heritage sites.
Lunar data: Waning gibbous phase, 98.3% illumination, 15.7 days’ age, -12.51 magnitude, 11° 57′ 14″ above horizon, at a 266° 42′ 43″ azimuth; distance from Earth: 406,206 km (close to its apogee, i.e. the point of its orbit farthest from Earth).
Data of Mars: -2.52 magnitude, 12° 43′ 42″ above horizon, at an azimuth of 267° 25′ 59″; distance from Earth: 0.42 AU
It's from my lucky photo-session with the full moon last month :-) It happened to be a rare miniature or micro moon as it was in the farest point from Earth.
It was a cloudy blue hour, but the moon managed to show up a bit in between the clouds for a little while on its way up.
Can't resist casting a bit of tilt-shift magic... So here's to happy Miniature Sunday!
I am miles behind on my photography work ... can you believe it's September and I'm STILL working on photos from our early Summer break to Devon?!
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The Moon's orbit around Earth is not a perfect circle but elliptical, with one side closer to Earth than the other side. The Moon's phase and the date of its approach to its perigee or apogee are not synced. When a Full Moon or New Moon occurs close to the Moon's perigee, it is known as a Supermoon. On the other hand, when a Full Moon or New Moon occurs close to the Moon's apogee, it is known as a Micromoon. The Full Moon on December is considered as a Super Moon as it is very close to the Earth. In the Planit for Photographers app, you can easily find out when is the perigee using the calendar feature. last night, we created a plan so that the Super Moon will rise just behind the church of The Immaculata in the University of San Diego. This shot was from a single picture, taken by Canon 5D Mark IV with a Canon 500mm lens with x2 extender.
My friend Jim approached me after church Sunday and said, "I want to talk to you!" The ominous tone of this statement made me wonder what I did, but I soon found out that he wanted to go take photographs of the micro moon rising between the buildings of downtown Austin, Texas. Jim drove us to Lou Neff Point where this was my last photo of the night. The splendid day brought numerous people out to Zilker Park. My comfort level rises while taking photographs and I ended the night with this photograph.
I am miles behind on my photography work ... can you believe it's September and I'm STILL working on photos from our early Summer break to Devon?!
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Last night the Full Harvest Moon was close to its apogee (the point of its orbit farthest from Earth). At dawn today (Oct. 3, 2020), the setting Moon graced the sky, but it did not set alone: there was a spectacular conjuction of the Moon and Mars. The Red Planet appeared brighter in the sky and bigger than usual, as it will reach Opposition in ten days.
Both celestial bodies set above the Varlaam monastery (abbey), built in 1517-1518 on a 1,808 ft high (551 m) rock formation. The latter is only one of the many impressive and lofty rocks, collectively called Meteora, in Greece. The height of the sandstone megaliths ranges between 1,000-2,067 ft (300-630 m). The rock masses which were formed 60 million years ago, are geologically unique and listed in UNESCO world heritage sites.
Lunar data: Waning gibbous phase, 98.3% illumination, 15.7 days' age, -12.51 magnitude, 09° 37' 59" above horizon, at a 268° 43' 10" azimuth; distance from Earth: 405,107.9 km.
Data of Mars: -2.52 magnitude, 10° 18' 34"above horizon, at an azimuth of 269° 28â' 09"; distance from Earth: 0.42 AU
I am miles behind on my photography work ... can you believe it's September and I'm STILL working on photos from our early Summer break to Devon?!
Sharing some shots of Goodrington and Dartmoor, and some places in between!
A Supermoon happens when a Full Moon or New Moon is near the Moon's closest approach to Earth; also called perigee.
The Wolf Moon on the night between January 1 and January 2, 2018 is a Supermoon.
A Super Full Moon looks around 12% to 14% bigger than its counterpart, the Micromoon, and up to 7% bigger than an average Full Moon.
This is a cell phone shot from our front porch at about 5:50 PM EST The January Wolf Moon is a micromoon. A Micromoon is when a Full Moon or a New Moon coincides with apogee, the point in the Moon's orbit farthest away from Earth.
I am miles behind on my photography work ... can you believe it's September and I'm STILL working on photos from our early Summer break to Devon?!
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Composite of the Friday the 13th Micro Harvest Moon
September 13th, 2019
Acushnet, MA
Some info on this event:
"A full moon on Friday the 13th is spooky enough, but hold on to your black cats. September's full moon will also be a "micromoon."
Skywatchers in Central, Mountain and Pacific time zones will get a view of the full moon tonight (Sept. 13) at 11:32 p.m., 10:32 p.m. and 9:32 p.m., respectively, while East Coasters will see the moon at its fullest at 12:32 a.m. on the 14th. Regardless of time zone, the moon will appear just a bit dimmer than usual (eerie!), because it will be at apogee, or its farthest distance from Earth.
That means that the moon will appear about 14% smaller and 30% dimmer than when it is at its closest point to Earth, which is known as perigee. "