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Old 21st Jun 2016, 07:53
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That the moon is up tonight (and continuously for the next few days) was never in dispute, and no it will not be as pitch black as it will be in two weeks.

However, the author might have taken the time to mention that, even with a full moon near the horizon on the white snow, it's hardly daylight. Yes, you might be able to walk around without walking into something and it may help SA for the circuit / landing. And as you say - and the author again might have cared to mention - any cirrus or lower altostratus, the ever persistent airborne ice crystals, or aircraft induced fog might make the conditions appear pretty dark. The lay person would infer the opposite from the tone of the article.

Those webcams to which you link appear to be long exposure images - notice the flags blurred, the overexposure of the light sources and the stars in the sky. Correctly exposed images under moonlight appear in a photo similar to that of the sun. The blueish tint that occurs to us looking at the full moon for real is because the low light receptors in our eyes favour light at that end of the spectrum. It has some scientific name that escapes me for now.

The irony is that he accuses other media sources with little attention to detail in the header, and omits important ones himself and makes at least one scientific mistake (not about the moon). But back to the subject matter...

Have a safe flight gentlemen.
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