As we know, the Moon’s orbit around the Earth is not a perfect circle, but an ellipse.
So while we get a full moon every 28 days, sometimes it’s closer to Earth, sometimes further away.
When it’s closer, it’s slightly larger and brighter than average. Tonight’s full moon is the closest, and biggest, and brightest of 2022.
Rising through the costal clouds and LA’s smog and haze, it looked a little on the orange-ish side, although not as orange as it got during the lunar eclipse a couple months ago.
As it got a little higher it got a little brighter and much more it’s normal white color.
The media loves to go off with clickbait terms like “SUPERMOON!!!” and we know how I feel about that.
It finally cleared the trees. What amazes me is the quality of the iPhone image – look at the top, just to the right of the trees and you can see the stars at the “head” of Scorpius, even in the bright moonlight.
Time to go out and howl for a bit, joining with the coyotes down in the canyon.
We Love The Stars Too Fondly 