Super Moon Saturday 2012

[carnivoure12]

Great Photo Devon

 

[Devon]

Great Photo Devon

Thanks. I pretty much copied Butch's composition LOLOL.

Sorry Butch.

 

[Not a Number]

House sitting and can't see the moon. Besides brought everything except the camera

Kudos for everybody else.

 

[lil hokie]

Keep the pictures coming because this is the only way I am seeing it haha!

 

[afrodisa]

Great pix I couldn't see anything here for the overcast.

 

[Crissytal]

I missed it too. Too overcast here in NC last night . Very nice pictures everyone!

 

[Adam]

No editing, only white balance was changed (I know the last picture isnt the moon but it was in the spirit of the moon)

 

[lil hokie]

I missed it too. Too overcast here in NC last night . Very nice pictures everyone!

Same for my part of NC. I kept going outside and looking but saw some semi-glowing clouds. It was a real bummer.

Thanks all for the great pictures!

 

[Devon]

I love the first and second last one.

 

[scottychaos]

May 5, 2012 the full moon will be at its closest approach to the Earth in 2012. The full moon will appear up to 14% larger and 30% brighter than at other times. Moonrise begins at 22:59 ET and perigee will be at 23:34 ET. All you lunatics get those tripods out an let's see some shots.

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-205_162-57428066/supermoon-2012-biggest-full-moon-of-the-year/
http://www.lightstalking.com/how-to-photograph-the-moon

So I went out at 11pm last night (Moonrise begins at 22:59 ET) to watch the moon rise over the horizon, here in the Eastern Time Zone, and was surprised to find it already high in the sky..that's because it rose over 3 hours earlier!

It rose approx 19:45 ET (7:45 pm) not 23:00..(ET does mean Eastern Time doesn't it? or is ET something else?) And where did you find 22:59? I googled it, and the only reference to that time google can find is..this thread! The moon technically reached "full moon status" at 11:35 PM Eastern time..but that was several hours after it rose..I did see a few references on-line where news stories confused that "full moon time" with "moon rise time"..which are not the same thing..I saw some news stories that said the moon would rise at 11:35PM eastern time..which was wrong..

Scot

 

[Not a Number]

Perigee was from the article linked above. Moonrise was from a local article to which I erroneously added 3 hours - duh that's why we have time zones. Perigee time should have been correct since it is not dependent on the Earth's rotation. Exact minute of moonrise/sunrise will depend on your longitude at the moment (dependent on earth's rotation and orbital movement/position of the moon). I should have said to check you local almanac for exact moonrise time but didn't. My bad.

 

[Ozzy]

Here are so pics I ripped from a video I shot last night.

 

[Not a Number]

Awesome shots folks. All the recent lunar events have been cancelled due to weather or surrounding environment

 

[thez_yo]

Devon & AV: those are great!

Everyone's else's pics: those are great too!

I was out and saw it, but I've packed my tripod already so it wouldn't be worth it with my shaky hands...

 

[Devon]

Thanx Thez.

@Ozzy: I like the first few.. very creative.

 

[Steverd]

Supermoon from Spokane, WA view

My wife said, why is it not red like a photo a saw on Facebook.
So I made her this one:

steve

 

[Av8tor1]

Tonight