Greetings fellow stargazers!
On Monday, December 4th, I took these great shots of the last full moon of 2017. The December full moon is called the Cold Moon, Moon Before Yule, or Long Night Moon in the Northern Hemisphere. It is also the year's one and only full supermoon.
The astrologer Richard Nolle is credited with coining the term supermoon and defines it as: "...a new or full moon which occurs with the moon at or near its closest approach to Earth in a given orbit." According to that definition, a supermoon is any new moon or full moon coming closer than 224,936 miles of Earth.
This year's supermoon appears close to the Earth at about 222,443 miles.
Next month the new year will have two full supermoons on January 2nd and 31st. The first full moon will actually take place during Earth's closest approach to the sun. The latter being a Blue Moon because it is the second of two full moons in one calendar month. Also of note, that supermoon will also stage a total eclipse of the moon in the early morning hours of January 31st in North America.
This blogger will do his best to get some more outstanding photos of both supermoons in January. Until then, keep looking to the night skies, y'all!
On Monday, December 4th, I took these great shots of the last full moon of 2017. The December full moon is called the Cold Moon, Moon Before Yule, or Long Night Moon in the Northern Hemisphere. It is also the year's one and only full supermoon.
The astrologer Richard Nolle is credited with coining the term supermoon and defines it as: "...a new or full moon which occurs with the moon at or near its closest approach to Earth in a given orbit." According to that definition, a supermoon is any new moon or full moon coming closer than 224,936 miles of Earth.
This year's supermoon appears close to the Earth at about 222,443 miles.
Next month the new year will have two full supermoons on January 2nd and 31st. The first full moon will actually take place during Earth's closest approach to the sun. The latter being a Blue Moon because it is the second of two full moons in one calendar month. Also of note, that supermoon will also stage a total eclipse of the moon in the early morning hours of January 31st in North America.
This blogger will do his best to get some more outstanding photos of both supermoons in January. Until then, keep looking to the night skies, y'all!
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