Did anyone see the moon last night? Here it was a clear night and the moon was spectacular, and so bright. It’s a full, super, blue Moon, the only blue Moon of 2023, and astronomers say it won’t occur again until 2037 .
I watched it coming up, but didn’t take a photo because my phone camera isn’t strong enough for a good photo, but it was still bright when it shone into my (west-facing) bedroom window at 5 am. I didn’t get out of bed, but my friend Fiona McArthur , who regularly gets up at crack of dawn and walks, took this photo of the setting moon from coastal NSW. Isn’t it wonderful?
If you missed it, it’s also supposed to be wonderful tonight. There’s a much fuller explanation of the phenomena her e.

