Did you notice something really strange a few nights ago? Perhaps it felt like something was staring at you…perhaps the air was a little colder than usual. There may have been a faint laughter in the air, but perhaps it was just your imagination…or was it really a witch joyriding a broomstick? I’ll leave that up to you to decide.
If you took out the trash on October 15-16, 2016, and happen to recall feeling like something was, indeed, staring at you—don’t call the police on your creepy neighbor! It was just the Moon.
A Hunter’s Moon is the first full Moon before the autumn equinox. As the name implies: the Hunter’s Moon symbolized a specific time during the year when people would prepare themselves to hunt vampires, and then freeze their ass off during winter. I’m just kidding! (about the vampires…not about freezing their ass off).
To make things even worse—this year’s Hunter’s Moon wasn’t just an ordinary Hunter’s Moon…
No…
It was a Hunter’s Supermoon!
Sometimes the Moon is a little bit closer, and sometimes the Moon is a little bit further away. We call these special astronomical moments: perigee and apogee. If the Moon so happens to be full when it reaches perigee (a specific point in its orbit), then it will turn into a supermoon and demolish planet Earth.
Just kidding.
A super full Moon looks like any other full Moon. Sorry. If you were to go outside and look at a standard full Moon, and then it compare it to a supermoon—the visual size difference would be undetectable. Photographs can show a discernible size difference, but the human eye is unable to perceive any significant change.
Take a gander at this image:
Do you see a size difference? Great! The Moon on the left was photographed near perigee, and the Moon on the right was photographed near apogee. A supermoon may be 12-14% larger than an apogee Moon and 25-30% brighter. The size difference can only be seen or recorded with a camera. These examples are extreme—if the Moon happened to closer one particular month (not apogee) before the supermoon occurred, then the size difference would be even less apparent.
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I waited for the supermoon that night.. but damn it rained so hard in our place so bye bye supermoon..
I just have to contend myself with online reviews and videos ..like this one… sad..i was hoping i ‘d write my first monster story that night though.
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I know how you feel — the clouds ruined my view plenty of times. The supermoon will return on May 25, 2017. Thanks for reading and commenting!
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Awesome. I’m all about the moon 😊
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Sorry for the late response! Yes — the Moon is an interesting object to observe. I hope you were able to see the Hunter’s Supermoon this year!
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Oh yes, an incredible sight! I took some shots, but not sure they came out the way I would have liked.
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I actually like it when the super moon stares at me. We play this staring game, but I always lose. He wins all the time! I start laughing and well, that’s that. I think you’ll be proud of me — I didn’t shit my pants. 👻
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Don’t be silly! I would have been proud if you shit your pants.
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I’ll do better next time. 😜💩👖
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Now, that was all very creepy…I can see a huge super moon hanging in the sky, beautiful as always… High tide shots…to come some time soon. Good to see you back in action Mr Fly
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Thanks for stopping by and watching the short film! I look forward to posting more content soon.
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