Supermoon

One of the things I love about Bermuda is the stars. Because of the lack of light pollution and remoteness of the island the stars and moon provide the night skies with such an intense glow especially on clear evenings.

Saturday night’s Supermoon was so big and vivid that as we sat outside enjoying drinks and dinner with friends at a great little place called The Dock, the moon was like a huge burning candle sat overhead.

According to NASA, this year the Supermoon was up to 14% larger and 30% brighter than a typical full moon because it passes as about as close as it gets at ‘just’ 221,824 miles away, compared to the 252,581 miles away that it is at its furthest distance from the earth.

I did take a picture with my camera phone but it was rubbish but the photo above was taken at St Davids, at the far eastern end of the island about 15 miles away from where we were.