My photographs of the Apogee Moon Feb 5 and Perigee Moon August 2, 2023.

Full Moon August 2, 21:49 ACST (True full Moon was 5:00 ACST. Perigee 2nd 3:30pm) subsequent to apogee Full Moon February 5, 23:15 ACDST (FM 4 am, apogee 4th -1d9h) (click on to embiggen).	FFull Moon August 2, 21:49 ACST (True full Moon was 5:00 ACST. Perigee 2nd 3:30pm) overlaid with apogee Full Moon February 5, 23:15 ACDST (FM 4 am, apogee 4th -1d9h) (click on to embiggen).

Tonight is the very best perigee full Moon this yr, additionally it is a “blue” moon, popularly outlined because the second full Moon in a month. The primary full moon of August was additionally a perigee full moon, so i’ve uploaded 

Not as large as this “blue” perigee Full Moon however not unhealthy in any respect. For comparability I’ve overlain the apogee full moon from February this yr. 

The February picture was taken at 23:15 on February 5,  as I did not wish to stand up a 4 am, not fairly full Moon however a bit nearer to apogee. The August picture was taken August 2, 21:49 ACST (True full Moon was 5:00 ACST. Perigee 2nd 3:30pm), once more, did not really feel like getting up at 5 am

If something the perigee Moon is barely bigger than anticipated in comparison with the apogee Moon. Probably on account of discipline distortion kind not centering the Moon within the eyepiece correctly and Perigee being barely nearer after I took the picture. 

The pictures had been taken with an Xperia cell phone (Focus at infinity, 1/4000 second, ISO 400 each Full Moons, by a 25 mm eyepiece on a monitoring 8″ Newtonian (Saxon EQ6 mount).

Labels: apogee, Moon, perigee, telescope

# posted by Ian Musgrave @ 5:28 pm