Did you catch the total supermoon on August 1, 2023? In the event you didn’t see it, don’t fear, you have got two more chances developing! On the end of August we could have one other full supermoon (which can be a blue supermoon). And September could have a supermoon, too. For now, although, benefit from the video above, or, in the event you desire, these terrific footage of the August 1 supermoon from the EarthSky neighborhood. Because of all who submitted!
View at EarthSky Community Photos. | Kamala Venkatesh of San Diego, California, captured this picture on August 1, 2023. Kamala wrote: “Usually, I wish to seize my full moon in a rural setting. However on condition that the moon rose a lot later than sundown, I most popular to shoot it towards our lovely skyline. I had researched the placement utilizing the app PhotoPills, and it absolutely rose the place the app had predicted. In the event you didn’t see the Sturgeon supermoon, there’s one developing on the finish of August.” Thanks, Kamala!View at EarthSky Community Photos. | Cecille Kennedy of Lincoln Metropolis, Oregon, captured this picture on August 1, 2023. Cecille wrote: “The first full supermoon in August casting moonlight on the lake. The moon rays are seen on the hilltops and there’s a vertical ray faintly seen additionally. The night time is quiet aside from the geese cackling at times; there may be hardly any wind. What an exquisite night time!” Thanks, Cecille!View at EarthSky Community Photos. | Mickey Walters of Jamestown, Rhode Island, captured this picture on August 1, 2023. Mickey wrote: “Sturgeon Full Moon from Narragansett Bay, overlooking Newport, Rhode Island.” Thanks, Mickey!View at EarthSky Community Photos. | Chix RC of San Pedro, California, captured this picture on August 1, 2023. Chix wrote: “Sturgeon Moon rising … the first supermoon this month.” Thanks, Chix!
Extra full moon pictures
View at EarthSky Community Photos. | EarthSky’s personal Raúl Cortés of Monterrey, Mexico, captured this picture of the total supermoon on August 1, 2023. Thanks, Raúl!View at EarthSky Community Photos. | Mohammad Adeel of Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan, captured this picture on August 1, 2023. Mohammad wrote: “First supermoon of August rising over the western horizon by haze and a skinny layer of clouds, showing as bands over the lunar floor. Supermoon is the time period given to a full moon that could be a bit nearer to Earth than its ordinary distance. It seems a bit larger and brighter within the sky (14% bigger and 30% brighter than ordinary). This month has one other uncommon supermoon on August 30, which will probably be a ‘blue moon’. It has nothing to do with the colour blue.” Thanks, Mohammad!View at EarthSky Community Photos. | Osama Fathi of Cairo, Egypt, captured this picture on August 1, 2023. Osama wrote: “Tremendous full moons can seem 7 to 14% bigger than common full moons. They’re significantly gorgeous when near the horizon above the Nile.” They definitely are gorgeous. Thanks, Osama!
Shiny full supermoon on August 1
View at EarthSky Community Photos. | Cathy Adams of St. Stephen, New Brunswick, Canada, captured this picture on August 1, 2023. Cathy wrote: “Tonight’s full moon. I used to be going to take my scope out … however little Pungent the skunk was only some toes away, and I made a decision we had been doing simply positive as we had been.” Thanks, Cathy!View at EarthSky Community Photos. | Bill Hood of Gardena, California, captured this picture on August 1, 2023. Invoice wrote: “For processing, I used Photoshop with a heavy hand on the readability slider to create the distinction seen within the picture. I mixed 5 consecutive photographs (prime 4 layers set to twenty% opacity) to easy out the random pixel noise brought on by the readability slider.” Thanks, Invoice!View at EarthSky Community Photos. | Tameem Altameemi of Dubai, United Arab Emirates, captured this picture on August 1, 2023. Tameem wrote: “I photographed the moon earlier than the sky obtained stuffed with clouds … the moon is in perihelion, at a distance of 357,550 km (222,171 mi).” Thanks, Tameem!
Full moon brightness
View at EarthSky Community Photos. | Tameem Altameemi of Dubai, United Arab Emirates, made this composite picture and wrote: “I photographed the moon at the moment, August 1, 2023, in perihelion, at a distance of 357,550 km. And I photographed the moon on February 5, 2023, when it was at aphelion 401,751 km. I took them with the identical telescope and digicam, exhibiting the distinction between them.” Thanks, Tameem!View at EarthSky Community Photos. | Chantal Torchia of Previous Bridge, New Jersey, captured this picture on August 1, 2023. Chantal wrote: “The attractive Full Sturgeon Moon … additionally a supermoon. Couldn’t look away!” Thanks, Chantal!View at EarthSky Community Photos. | Lorraine Boyd of Delmar, New York, captured this picture on August 1, 2023. Lorraine wrote: “The Full Sturgeon Moon, additionally the primary of two supermoons in August 2023. The official time period for a supermoon is a ‘perigean full moon’. It was such an exquisite, lastly very cool, clear night time.” Thanks, Lorraine!View at EarthSky Community Photos. | Villiam Hansen in Bornholm, Denmark wrote of the August 1, 2023, full supermoon: “Went near our highest tower (Bornholmertårnet) on the island and hoped the clouds had been light. That is the outcome.” Thanks, Villam!
Backside line: Get pleasure from these nice pictures of the August supermoon. It’s the 2nd of 4 supermoons in a row. August could have another supermoon and September could have one.
Marcy Curran has loved star gazing since she was a younger woman happening household tenting journeys below the darkish skies of Wyoming. She purchased her first telescope in time to see Halley’s Comet in 1985. Her ardour for astronomy ultimately led her to being a co-founder of an area astronomical society. Marcy stays lively in her astronomy membership, together with serving because the editor of a month-to-month e-newsletter. She additionally contributes a month-to-month article to her native newspaper specializing in the celebs, planets and objects at the moment seen within the night time sky. Marcy taught astronomy at her local people faculty for over 20 years.
