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Photographer:
Jon Greif
Location of Photo:
Alpine, CA, USA
Date/Time of photo:
August 19, 2024, at 8:00 pm PDT
Equipment:
Canon Eos 760D camera, Canon 300 mm telephoto lens. Processed with Pixinsight 1.8.9 software on an M1 MacBook Pro.
Description:
Tonight's Super Blue Full Moon rising over the mountains behind our Alpine home. This Blue moon is a blue moon not for the usual reason, the second full moon in a month, but, because it's the third of four full moons in a season, with a single season being defined as the time between a solstice and an equinox. Those moons carry the name Blue Moon as well, albeit Seasonal Blue Moon. And the August 19 Blue Moon is more. It’s also a Supermoon, in fact, the first of four full Supermoons in a row. A Supermoon occurs when the moon is at its closest point to Earth in its orbit (called perigee). This makes the moon appear larger and brighter than usual.
