Today was the day of the "Super Moon". It is blamed for higher tides, earthquakes and other disasters.
I don't believe in the curse of the Super Moon.
The size and brightness of an object follows an inverse-square law, which means that a full moon at perigee is 12% larger and brighter than an average full moon. However, because the offset of the moon's orbit versus its phases is only two days, this change in appearance is gradual from month to month and therefore is not usually noticeable to a casual observer.
The full moon is actually difficult to photograph well. At other times, the sunlight hits the moon at an angle and the craters make sharp shadows. Without the shadows, the moon lacks depth and detail.
I took photos with a 1.4x extender and a 2x extender. There was enough haze in the air that the extra magnification didn't increase the resolution.
Shortly after this photo was taken, we enjoyed a severe thunderstorm. We lost power for several hours. My son's girlfriend was struck by a hit and run driver. A racoon destroyed my hummingbird feeder. Perhaps the super moon does come with a bit of a curse after all.
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