Perigee Full Moon As Seen From Southern Florida

Perigee Moon As Seen From Lake Okeechobee Florida -

Last night the brightest and largest moon of the year made itself into the night sky. I waiting on my front patio for it to rise above the eastern horizon on a cold clear sky evening. Soon after sunset, you could see a bright glow coming from the horizon and shortly after, a monster of a full moon lifted into the night sky. It was very impressive, and I wish I had better lens’s with my digital camera to get closer shots, but I worked with what I had. It was super bright, and very vivid, with a hint of orange to it’s color at first. I tried to shoot a time lapse, but I have been feeling under the weather lately, so I only shot a few pictures and then headed into the house. I came back out late into the night around midnight, and it was so bright out, you could clearly almost drive with no headlights. It was wild! Big full moon overhead like a big light bulb in the sky. Very impressive indeed.

Why The Moon Is So Large and Bright -

This full moon event is known as a Perigee Moon, and is brighter and larger since the moon’s orbit is an ellipse with one side 50,000 km closer to Earth than the others. The best time view it is when the moon was near the eastern horizon, as it will look it’s biggest then. There are some great pictures on Spaceweather.com that make mine look very amateur.

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