Greetings Fellow Stargazers!
Last night and early this morning we were blessed with clear skies finally, and just in time to catch the tail-end of the final Supermoon of 2022!
The August Full Moon -- also known as the Full Sturgeon Moon in North America -- is the final of the four Supermoons of 2022 which began in May and continued throughout the summer months.
In
actuality, our lovely Luna achieved its full moon phase officially
overnight between Thursday, August 11th and Friday, August 12th, however
cloud cover and South Carolina's weird summer weather prevented me from
actually capturing the full disk. Tonight's photo actually shows the
nearly full supermoon at about 99.8% but still close enough to get the
idea and see all of the surface features of the full moon.
The Full Sturgeon Supermoon was at its closest to the Earth on the early morning of August 12th at approximately 224,569 miles (361,409 km).
You can also see the full supermoon is between the large superior planets: Jupiter and Saturn. Saturn is very close it its opposition to the Earth -- when the Earth is between the Sun and Saturn. That officially occurs on the evening of Sunday, August 14th. Hopefully I'll be able to post some photos of that event, weather permitting.
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