Did you see the super moon last night? This was one of rare times when the moon is very close to the earth(it called when the moon is in perigee) and I did get up to see it, here, about 11 pm(ashamed to say, that even on the weekend, I go to bed around 10pm, lol.)
It was SO bright, that our whole living room seemed to have a spot light trained upon it, and even to look at the moon was almost too much to take, as if one was looking into the sun, instead…
It was amazing,but I didn’t take a photo,, am instead, “borrowing” from some awesome photos posted on the weather networks site……
This picture is by Laura Watts ;
This one is by David Behren; it’s taken in Quebec, over Lac St. Louis
This one is taken in B.C. by Merton Sprengal
It was an event that had people right across Canada reaching for their cameras.
On Saturday night, the moon was just 357,000 km from our planet – the closest it will get until 2014 – and about 30,000 km less than it’s average distance from Earth.
For observers, that meant that the moon appeared about 16% larger and 30% brighter than other full moons of the year.
It’s what’s known as the “supermoon,” and it caught the attention of thousands – especially those lucky enough to have clear skies during the event.
“Conditions were ideal across many parts of Ontario and Quebec, parts of the Maritimes and British Columbia,” says Dayna Vettese, a meteorologist at The Weather Network. “There was a little more cloud cover in the Prairies and Newfoundland.”
If you got clouded out on Saturday night, astronomer and “night sky guy”Andrew Fazekas suggests watching Sunday night, too. He says the moon should still look great just past its full phase.
The best time to catch the sky show is just after local sunset – looking towards the eastern horizon as the Moon rises. The silvery orbit will probably appear unusually big while near the horizon – a visual illusion, making it an even more impressive sight and photo opportunity.
With files from Andrew Fazekas
How about you, did you see it?
Unfortunately it was too cloudy here last night to get any really decent photos. But I have seen some amazing ones that other people have taken – the ones you have posted are also incredible.
oh that is too bad! I looked again last night, but it was cloudy here, too.
YES I too have seen some amazing ones…yes, thanks
We sleep with our blind open (one of our cats likes to sit in the window) and the moon was so big that it was shining right in my eyes. It was an awesome moon.
Aww, about the cat….of course! YES , it sure was!
I didn’t get to see it here either. Mostly because I didn’t even know about it! But I am glad you found some great photos here. It is absolutely stunning. I love when the moon looks huge. It’s so surreal.
Oh, I have an rss feed on facebook for a site called EarthSky; its really interesting, discusses the latest astronomy events and weather etc etc…
http://www.facebook.com/EarthSky
So am kept up to date on things like the moon etc, lo!
It IS stunning! YES,me too!