mutt

Just in case the sky is not clear enough for you to see this in the UK.




Mutt

con-pilot

It should be clear enough here. The moon tonight is supposed to bright enough that one should to be able to read a newspaper.

sitigeltfel

It was to have peeked above the horizon 20 mins ago here but there is some thin high level cloud. Sun is still up so will check again after din-dins.

11Fan

Looking forward to it here in Southern California. It has been overcast the last few days but the sun is breaking through now at 1042 Local.

Lon More

8 oktas here so won't see it.

Checkboard

Super Full Moon - NASA Science

OFSO

This was the superduperfullmoon rising over my neighbour's house at about 21:30 MEZ (mobile phone photograph, can't be bothered to get the camera out):

unstable load

Looks good here in Port Harcourt!

Tableview

Cold hearted orb that rules the night,
Removes the colours from our sight,
Red is gray and yellow white,
But we decide which is right.
And which is an illusion?
Pinprick holes in a colourless sky,
Let insipid figures of light pass by,
The mighty light of ten thousand suns,
Challenges infinity and is soon gone.
Night time, to some a brief interlude,
To others the fear of solitude.
Brave Helios wake up your steads,
Bring the warmth the countryside needs.

Helol

Full cloud here, but the sound of the typhoons in the Chilterns made up for it, around 2140..ish!

G-CPTN

lomapaseo

Please provide a relative scale for pictures

mini

I think the FSL had a thread about this last week.

G-CPTN

Full-screen uncropped image taken with 400mm lens (600mm 35mm equivalent):-

Loose rivets

It looks just the same as it always does this time of night. Oh, wait! I forgot to go outside. That's a lightbulb.





Nice lens, G-CTPN. I get very poor moon pictures with my Nikon 18-200 general purpose lens.

goudie

Rising now in Oahu...looks brighter than usual or may be just my imagination.

TheChitterneFlyer

From today's webnews...

A full Moon is always a pretty sight; especially when it's low on the horizon. Whilst that I accept that it must be slightly larger in its appearance i.e. it's closer, but surely not to the naked eye?

Any "experts" out there who can enlighten us?

TCF

green granite

By about 6" absolute maximum.

Fareastdriver

There is more atmosphere to look through when the Moon is low in the sky. The refractive effect makes the moon look bigger than it is.
There is no apparent increase or decrease in size during the moon's orbital cycles.

arcniz

Jes hold yer thingy up side-by-side - or dead on it - and yer'll see the diff right quickly.