Awesome Astrophotos: Caught in the Web of the SuperMoon

By Nancy Atkinson - September 08, 2014 05:14 PM UTC | Observing

Up in the sky -- it's a bird, it's a plane... no, it's a spider and a SuperMoon! Well, not quite. This composite image by Brian who is called Brian on Flickr was actually taken last night, on September 7, 2014, but it's an awesome lead-in for our usual request for astrophotos of the Harvest Full -- and super -- Moon tonight.

So, post your images on our Flickr page, tag your photo with #supermoonphoto to get our attention on social media. We'll include many in our article here, retweet them, and generally promote them anywhere and everywhere we can think of.

Of course, the future has already happened in Australia, and you can see the full Moon setting in Australia, below, as well as Moonrise images just coming in from Europe:

And just how big is the Moon? Astrophotographer Göran Strand (@Astrofotografen) posted this on Twitter:

How big was tonight's #Supermoon? I compared my shot with #USA and #Sweden and actual distance between the countries. pic.twitter.com/DSlld72PO3— Göran Strand (@Astrofotografen) September 8, 2014

The perigee fullmoon ("supermoon" for some) a few minutes ago with a handheld camera - a bit hazy, thus the coloring. pic.twitter.com/JUYcRnMZyJ— Daniel Fischer (@cosmos4u) September 8, 2014

UPDATE: More new images:

Super Harvest Moon, September 8, 2014. Photo HDR and magnification of the Moon for a "Super Moon" effect. Credit and copyright: VegaStarCarpentier Photography.

Shows the Moon isn't bigger on the horizon RT @btimerson: A stack of the Full Moon rising tonight. #supermoonphoto pic.twitter.com/xTNoPQv1eQ— David Dickinson (@Astroguyz) September 9, 2014

#supermoonphoto Rising moon in hazy cloud 8/9/14 #moonwatch #wonders pic.twitter.com/Wm0gSNTsg0— angela garrod (@angegarrod) September 9, 2014

Rostov region, Russia 12.07.2014, 21:30 Moon reminds Mars #SuperMoonPhoto #Russia pic.twitter.com/tIPifT20SR— Alien Unicorn (@Alien_Unicorn) July 14, 2014

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Nancy Atkinson

Nancy Atkinson

Nancy Atkinson is a space journalist and author with a passion for telling the stories of people involved in space exploration and astronomy. She is currently retired from daily writing, but worked at Universe Today for 20 years as a writer and editor. She also contributed articles to The Planetary Society, Ad Astra (National Space Society), New Scientist and many other online outlets.

Her 2019 book, "Eight Years to the Moon: The History of the Apollo Missions,” shares the untold stories of engineers and scientists who worked behind the scenes to make the Apollo program so successful, despite the daunting odds against it. Her first book “Incredible Stories From Space: A Behind-the-Scenes Look at the Missions Changing Our View of the Cosmos” (2016) tells the stories of 37 scientists and engineers that work on several current NASA robotic missions to explore the solar system and beyond.

Nancy is also a NASA/JPL Solar System Ambassador, and through this program, she has the opportunity to share her passion of space and astronomy with children and adults through presentations and programs. Nancy's personal website is nancyatkinson.com