Moon at Perigee
13/12/08 16:35
Two Moon shots in one month? Well, this one is a little special. As it turns out, the Moon is at it's closest to earth today than it has been in about a decade. The term for it is called Lunar perigee. Tonight, the moon appears 14% larger than at it's apogee. It won't be this close in orbit until November of 2016, so I took a chance and snapped away. The moon doesn't often yield good photographs in it's full phase. The direct moonlight tends to wash out details on the surface. That fact didn't seem to make too much of an impact on this shot, I think it came out pretty well. Enjoy!