My shot of the super perigee moon – the biggest since 1993 – looking east over the Phoenix sky on March 19, 2011. This moon was the closest a full moon has gotten to Earth in nearly 20 years, although I really couldn’t tell by looking at it…and you can’t really tell by looking at this photo. And despite not capturing the change in appearance of the moon on this rare event, I like the effect the light cloud cover had on the moon in this shot, and I’m glad that I stood on top of that hill for an hour and a half taking pictures on my Saturday night.
Photo details:
- Exposure: 1.3
- Aperture: f/8.0
- Focal Length: 55 mm
- ISO Speed: 1600
- On a tripod
- Time: Shortly after 7pm