It’s the closest moon of the year
The biggest moon of the year
The brightest moon of the year
it should still look full on fri and sat night.
https://www.space.com/hunters-moon-supermoon-2024-photos
The Hunter's supermoon was suitably imposing and Kaiju-like, as seen in Toronto, Ontario in Canada, as it was imaged by Mert Alper Dervis. Look closely, and you will see a helicopter crossing the bright yellow lunar face, highlighting its monster-sized manifestation.
The following image taken over Manhatten by Selcuk Acar shows the yellow and bright Hunter's moon setting next to New York's famous Chrysler Building, which is barely visible in the dark sky.
Space.com's own Josh Dinner caught the full moon above Bloomington, Indiana on Oct. 18, 2024 just after sunrise as the moon set behind the Monroe County courthouse.
Space.com reader Robbie Pesiwarissa caught this photo of a laughing kookaburra, a bird native to Eastern Mainland Australia. "This Cute Kookaburra was resting on the tree branch with the beautiful Hunter Supermoon shining in the background," Pesiwarissa wrote.
In a shot that would put a classic Hammer Horror film to shame, Zhang Zhenqi caught the Hunter's supermoon creepily illuminating Jiangzi Zongshan Castle in Shigatse, Xizang Autonomous Region of China.
No way your horse and coach driver is taking you right up to those castle gates!
Along the same lines, but this time a little closer to Transylvania, the home of Castle Dracula and the infamous count of the same name, Pradeep Dambarage captured this spooky image of the supermoon over Linkoping, Sweden.
You can almost hear the villagers frantically nailing bulbs of garlic over their doors and windows!
Injecting a little more fun into proceedings is this image of the supermoon looming behind a Ferris wheel in Foshan, Guangdong Province of China. The reddy-orange candy corn-colored moon was photographed by Wang Qingwu.
Fun was also on the agenda for Emin Menguarslan who captured this image of the Hunter's supermoon over an amusement park at Kultupark in Konak district of Izmir, Turkiye.
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metmike: I was repairing our asphalt driveway the last several evenings until 11pm and enjoyed the Hunters Moon.
The recent drought caused the ground to shrink and massive cracks to open all of the place. Additionally, its extremely sloped so rain runoff causes a great deal of erosion, especially once a crack develops.
Hey Mike,
Thanks for the interesting info!
But I’m curious? What about Joe’s and Jill’s moons? Hunter has one but not dad and step-mom?
Just trying to be funny…trying!
That WAS funny, Larry!
I also found myself associating the capitalized "Hunter" in the title with Hunter BIDEN because of the years of his name being in the news!