Spectacular Supermoon Gets 2018 Off To A Heavenly Start
What a way to welcome 2018!
A spectacular so-called “supermoon” rose high in the sky on New Year’s Day, and stargazers around the world were on hand to snap some truly stunning shots of the celestial display:
It was well worth waiting for the clouds to clear over Greenwich tonight! Here's the Wolf Moon - the first full moon of the year and a #supermoon - captured with a small telescope and processed in high colour for mineral reflectance. #startazing @ROGAstronomers pic.twitter.com/FVzrHddlwm
— Tom Kerss 🎄⛄️🎁 (@tomkerss) January 1, 2018
The #Supermoon rises over Washington, DC pic.twitter.com/0dHn6Ro6kN
— Chris Duncan (@CTDPIX) January 1, 2018
Perigee Moon. 356565Km from Earth. Taken from Newcastle upon Tyne, UK. 2154UT 1 January 2018. #supermoon #supermoon2018 #Stormhour #ThePhotoHour pic.twitter.com/uTVQbdkl94
— David Blanchflower BSc (@DavidBflower) January 1, 2018
#SuperMoon rising behind @PandLBuilding in downtown @KCMO tonight. @NikonUSA #PhotogLife #IStillCantFeelMyFingers #MoWx pic.twitter.com/b2IN9lAZc0
— Jeff Roberts (@ENGPHOTO) January 2, 2018
Tonight's Supermoon rising over the Lincoln Memorial #Supermoon2018 #WolfMoon #Supermoon #WashingtonDC #LincolnMemorial @capitalweather #ThePhotoHour #StormHour @spann @JimCantore #2018Supermoon pic.twitter.com/AVMmjklvVS
— Dave Lyons (@insiteimage) January 2, 2018
Supermoon rising behind lower Manhattan in New York City tonight #newyork #newyorkcity #nyc @NYCDailyPics @nyc @NYCityAlerts @OneWTC #supermoon pic.twitter.com/kMhpXHbMY1
— Gary Hershorn (@GaryHershorn) January 2, 2018
Another #supermoon pic from tonight. I kind of blew it with my position. Good news is I can try again on Jan 31. pic.twitter.com/cdgzDUnW3M
— Mike De Sisti (@mdesisti) January 2, 2018
Perigee full Moonrise over a distant farmhouse. Nice way to start 2018. #supermoon https://t.co/xiX1lKWKxU pic.twitter.com/w3b9VXJwVN
— Phil Plait (@BadAstronomer) January 2, 2018
So cool to get a #SuperMoon on #NewYearsDay2018! Here's the #supermoon2018 rising behind #Seattle skyline as a Washington state ferry goes by. pic.twitter.com/BkNT7LG95E
— Sigma Sreedharan (@sigmas) January 2, 2018
Glorious #supermoon rises tonight in #NYC to greet the new year. #NewYork #fullmoon #moon #Happy2018 pic.twitter.com/5iU1ZrKuCu
— Inga Sarda-Sorensen (@isardasorensen) January 2, 2018
From tonight in Seattle - the first #fullmoon #supermoon of 2018 and it was AWESOME! pic.twitter.com/s2M4EJjiEc
— Tim Durkan (@timdurkan) January 2, 2018
New Year's #SuperMoon rising over the icy Missouri River pic.twitter.com/sMzSCUt1XL
— Heather ♿📷📱🔭🦕🦖 (@MissJupiter1957) January 2, 2018
My attempt at the #supermoon #sussex pic.twitter.com/e5iCftr15z
— Nikki Morton (@PittmanNikki) January 1, 2018
Supermoons happen “when a full moon occurs at or near the perigee,” per NASA. “It looks slightly larger and brighter than a typical full moon.”
The next supermoon, which has been dubbed a “super blue blood moon,” will rise on the night of Jan. 31.
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