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Mohammad Adeel
Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan
08/01/2023
07:33 pm

Equipment Details:

Canon EOS 1300D
Samyang 135mm f2 lens
Ioptron sky tracker

Post-processing Details:

Single exposure of 6 seconds, ISO 100, f/5.6, cropped 50%
Basic editing done in Photoshop

Image Details:

Supermooon, haze and clouds !

First supermoon of August rising over Western horizon of Lahore through haze and thin layer of clouds appearing as bands over lunar surface.

Supermoon is the term given to a full moon which is a bit closer to the earth than it's usual distance and it appears a bit bigger and brighter in the sky (14% larger and 30% brighter than usual).

This month has another rare super moon on 30th of August which will be called as "blue moon" which is a technical term used for second full moon in a single month and has nothing to do with the color blue.