Saturday, March 19, 2011

MegaMoon

"Thanks to a fluke of orbital mechanics that brings the moon closer to Earth than that it has been in more than 18 years, the biggest full moon of 2011 will occur on Saturday, leading some observers to dub it a "supermoon."
On Saturday afternoon at 3 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time, the moon will arrive at its closest point to the Earth in 2011:  a distance of 221,565 miles (356,575 kilometers) away. And only 50 minutes earlier, the moon will officially be full.

At its peak, the supermoon of March may appear 14 percent larger and 30 percent brighter than lesser full moons (when the moon is at its farthest from Earth), weather permitting. Yet to the casual observer, it may be hard to tell the difference."
-space.com
 
I prefer the term Megamoon. There was zero cloud cover last night(Friday) so I figured I'd snap a few moon shots just in case tonight it's cloudy or something. I don't have much of a zoom lens. My largest is my 55-250mm. I'd love to rent a mega lens sometime during a full moon and really get in there.

This one is the best I could nab:

   If you get a chance. Try and go out tonight after sunset(the earlier the better) and check the Megamoon out.

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