North County 2 for 1 - SuperMoon Photography

WE'RE going to have a record-breaking supermoon the biggest in nearly 70 years.

If you only see one astronomical event this year, make it the November supermoon, when the Moon will be the closest to Earth it’s been since January 1948.

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VERY EARLY MORNING on November 14th, 2016 at 3:23 am pst the moon will appear up to 14 percent bigger and 30 percent brighter than an average full moon. This is the closest the Moon will get to Earth until November 25th, 2034, so you really don’t want to miss this one.

**WE WILL MEETUP FOR A GROUP PHOTO AT LAKE HODGES & SHOOT FROM THERE AS WELL.

So how do you get a supermoon?

As NASA explains, because the Moon has an elliptical orbit, one side - called the perigee - is about 48,280 km (30,000 miles) closer to Earth than the other side (the apogee).

Perigee - the instant when the Moon is closest to Earth

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Moon sets after 5:52 am pst while the sun is rising. A two for one at Lake Hodges.

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