Stargazers will be treated to a trio of successive celestial events in 2019. The biggest and brightest full moon of 2019 lit up the skies last night. This Super Snow Moon was just one of three Supermoons to lift the late-night gloom this year.
Hope you all enjoyed the yesterday’s Super Moon (Feb 19, 2019) which is the largest super moon of the year 2019.
We’ve collected some best shots of this fantastic supermoon all around the world, and sharing those photos (With sources) in this post.
Let’s start with India… The first photo is from City of Bhopal, India (Photo by Sanjeev Gupta)
HONDURAS-ASTRONOMY-MOON A church’s cross is silhouetted against the “Supermoon” as seen from Tegucigalpa on February 19, 2019. Orlando SIERRA / AFP
Full Moon February 2019 KazakhstanThe Çamlıca Mosque in Istanbul in front of the Snow Moon – named for the time of year at which it appears. Photograph: Erdem Şahin/EPAConstruction labourers work as the moon rises over a building site in Kolkata. This will be its brightest occurrence for seven years Photograph: Dibyangshu Sarkar/AFP/Getty ImagesAtmosphere thai temple in dark time with full moon. Photo: AdobeStock
Spectacular Super Moon #Credits : Saravanan Manian #Location : Chennai, IndiaSupermoon from Perth. Taken by travel photographer, Shelly, from Where’s Shelly. Image credit: Twitter/@wheresshellyiiSuper snoo moon, Poole Dorset, United Kingdom. Taken by Simon Treasure on Canon. Image credit: Twitter/@Simon_TreasureEmirates Air Line cable cars are silhouetted against the backdrop of a ‘Super Snow Moon’ in Greenwich, London. Image credit: PA Wire/PA Images RTIARGENTINA-ASTRONOMY-MOON An Embraer 190-100IGW plane (registration LV-CKZ) of Aerolineas Argentinas, on a regular flight from Buenos Aires to the Argentine city of Bahia Blanca, passes in front of the “Supermoon” as seen from Buenos Aires on February 19, 2019. ALEJANDRO PAGNI / AFPThe supermoon between the statues of Alexander the Great (R) and Diogenes of Sinope. VALERIE GACHE/AFP/GETTY IMAGESVENEZUELA-SUPERMOON The super moon is photographed while rising behind El Avila hill on the sky of Caracas, Venezuela on February 19, 2019. YURI CORTEZ / AFPA man walking along the Huntington Beach Pier is silhouetted against the setting Super Snow Moon. MARK RIGHTMIRE/MEDIANEWS GROUP/ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER VIA GETTY IMAGESCaptured with a Canon 200D and a 75-300mm lens at full zoom, by Tyrone from Noble Media Solutions. Image credit: Facebook/Noble Media Solutions PTYThe Super Snow Moon rises behind the Empire State building in New York City. ATILGAN OZDIL/ANADOLU AGENCY/GETTY IMAGES
Super moon at Singapore
Trish Minogue Collins wrote on February 19, 2019: “Moonrise behind the Stargazer sculpture in a field in Manorville, New York.” Credits EarthSky.orgView at EarthSky Community Photos. | Greg Diesel Walck of Alexandria, Virginia, took this photo on February 19, 2019. He said: “As I was taking photos of the supermoon I got lucky and caught this plane speeding in front!”Setting #SnowMoon over the Great South Bay, Long Island, New York, February 19, 2019, by Michael Busch.View at EarthSky Community Photos. | Steve Pond in East Grinstead, West Sussex, took this photo on February 19, 2019. He wrote: “Moonset with just over 2 hours to closest perigee for 2019.”View at EarthSky Community Photos. | Roy Bradfield in Sunderland, England, captured the moon as it was setting behind low clouds on February 19, 2019.View at EarthSky Community Photos. | Tom Marsala in Menifee, California, captured this image on February 19, 2019. He told us: “I was collimating my new telescope and tested it on the full moon tonight. A beautiful sight indeed!”Lynton Brown took this photo of the supermoon on February 18, 2019. He wrote: “On top of Radio tower 3WV Dooen Australia.”Barbara Alsworth Fabian captured the super Snow Moon at Santa Barbara, California’s Shoreline Park at 5:38 p.m. on February 18, 2019.View at EarthSky Community Photos. | “The biggest full moon supermoon of 2019 over Meteora monastery at Greece,” wrote Aimilianos Gkekas. He captured this image on February 18, 2019.Dr Ski in Valencia, Philippines wrote: “It’s probably just me, but I can’t tell the difference between tonight’s “super” full moon and any of the over 700 full moons I’ve seen over the short span of my existence on this planet. But with a reference, the difference becomes very obvious. February’s full moon at perigee of course means that apogee occurred during new moon. So I had to use January’s apogee moon for comparison. Both images are at 40X.” It’s true most people can’t discern the size difference between a supermoon and ordinary full moon, using the eye alone. Here’s one observer who thinks it’s possible.Super Moon February 2019 Greenwich, London. Source APSuper Moon February 2019 Frankfurt, Germany, Source: APSuper Moon February 2019 LisbonSuper Moon February 2019 Athens, GreeceSuper Moon February 2019 Northeast EnglandFull Moon February 2019 Nicosia, CyprusSuper Moon February 2019 Nicosia, CyprusThe moon over Ajaccio on the French Mediterranean island of Corsica. PASCAL POCHARD-CASABIANCA/AFP/GETTY IMAGESThe moon over Argentina. ALEJANDRO PAGNI/AFP/GETTY IMAGESA man walking along the Huntington Beach Pier is silhouetted against the setting Super Snow Moon. MARK RIGHTMIRE/MEDIANEWS GROUP/ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER VIA GETTY IMAGESThe Super Snow Moon rises behind lower Manhattan and One World Trade Center in New York City, as seen from Green Brook Township, New Jersey. GARY HERSHORN/GETTY IMAGESThe Super Snow Moon sets behind the Statue of Liberty as the sun rises in New York City. GARY HERSHORN/GETTY IMAGES
