Higher in the sky now, and appearing a tad smaller than when it was rising, and more like its usual colour. So what really is a ‘supermoon’? This moon is not only the biggest and brightest supermoon of the year, but it is the closest supermoon since 26th January 1948, almost 69 years ago. I hope you got or get to see it. If not you will have to wait 18 years to see the next one on 25th November 2034.
Photograph taken November 2016, Staffordshire. © Pete Hillman 2016. Camera used Nikon D7200, with Nikon 70-300mm telephoto zoom lens.
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No luck here further west – it would have to super spectacular to get through the cloud cover. Oh well another 18 years is shorter than 19 years I suppose!
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Sorry to hear that, Paul. I guess we were lucky here.
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Gorgeous!
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Thank you 🙂
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The clouds rebelled and hided the moon for us in East Belgium, you were indeed lucky!
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Sorry you did not get to see your supermoon over there. It seems to have eluded most folk across the globe because of cloud cover.
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Great photo!!! Lucky you:), on north-west was cloudy.
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Thank you 🙂 Yes, I was lucky. Sorry you had the cloud there. Maybe next time.
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Coastal US missed out– clouds. Another one 13/14 December 2016 (making geminids harder to see I imagine)? Thanks so much for visiting my blog!
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Love your moon shots. Missed them earlier! Dwight
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Thank you very much, Dwight 🙂
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I have only just heard about supermoons today and just the name itself fascinates me Thanks for sharing. My poem today is about the moon in case you have time to look? Lunar greetings! Sam 🙂
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