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very LARGE Moon due Monday night

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infoman Mon 19-Aug-24 10:36:11

not to be seen again till 2037,

that's the year not the time

Rising in the eastern Sky approx 20:35pm

Ziggy62 Mon 19-Aug-24 20:37:22

Very cloudy here, sadly

Ashcombe Mon 19-Aug-24 20:41:17

Too cloudy and drizzly here in Torbay, sadly. ☹️

Georgesgran Mon 19-Aug-24 20:58:41

Completely overcast here in Durham too.

Fleurpepper Mon 19-Aug-24 21:15:02

Still hidden behind the mountain, but clear skies. So will go out and see a bit later

once in a blue moon is now ;) lol

Patsy70 Mon 19-Aug-24 21:18:56

No sign of it so far, here in Kent. However, it’s now raining and overcast.

Casdon Mon 19-Aug-24 21:19:34

We’ve got dreadful wet and windy weather here in mid Wales, so not a chance of seeing it unfortunately.

Babs03 Mon 19-Aug-24 21:26:24

Cloudy and windy here 😞

Bellanonna Mon 19-Aug-24 21:28:41

Disappointed. Just looked out and it’s drizzling.

Fleurpepper Mon 19-Aug-24 21:47:52

came up over the mountain and we got telescope out - wow, so so bright and huge, and the detail amazing.

Casdon Mon 19-Aug-24 21:50:17

Send us a picture Fleurpepper, I’d love to see it?

Oreo Mon 19-Aug-24 21:53:27

Went outside to check but no sign of the moon, far too cloudy.

Taichinan Mon 19-Aug-24 22:09:42

Chestnut I've been thinking of that moon of years ago too - I don't think I've seen one like that since. It was magnificent. I saw the moon last night - very bright - and I'm glad I did as it's thick cloud and rain this evening!

MiniMoon Mon 19-Aug-24 22:58:55

No moon here. Cloudy and windy. Very autumnal night.

Chestnut Tue 20-Aug-24 00:07:39

I wish I had written down the date and time I saw that huge moon (about 20 years ago). It might be in an old diary but I'd have to do a lot of searching. Then I could find out more. I just remember it being an orangey colour, not bright or white at all, and so large.
Found this picture of a Harvest Moon which is how it looked. Maybe there will be another one next month!

rafichagran Tue 20-Aug-24 00:16:51

No sign where I live,cloud cover. I was dissapointed.

Wyllow3 Tue 20-Aug-24 00:16:56

Lovely bright moon as the days' cloudiness cleared.

Diggingdoris Tue 20-Aug-24 11:43:42

I looked out several times during the night but too cloudy to see it here in Essex.

cc Tue 20-Aug-24 12:25:30

No moon here last night either as it was cloudy, but it was lovely on Sunday too. Sadly my phone doesn't take good pictures at night but there are some great photos online for those of us who couldn't see it ourselves:
www.theguardian.com/science/gallery/2024/aug/20/full-moon-blue-supermoon-sky-august-2024-super-gallery-images-in-pictures

Casdon Tue 20-Aug-24 12:39:51

MiniMoon

No moon here. Cloudy and windy. Very autumnal night.

Just noticed - MiniMoon posting about the very large moon and saying you saw no moon. A example of serendipity on the thread!

Oreo Tue 20-Aug-24 14:33:36

Wow Chestnut that Harvest Moon🥰 it was disappointing not to see the large moon last night but looked at pics of it from all over the world.Looked great from Portugal.

Labradora Tue 20-Aug-24 15:14:11

Didn't see it here in France.
It wasn't , frankly, that large.
AND it was red!!!!

heavenlyheath Tue 20-Aug-24 15:42:18

Way to go we girls still have it in us to party men just get old and become couch potatoes

grandtanteJE65 Tue 20-Aug-24 16:54:50

It was orange here, in the south of Denmark, and hanging apparently just over the tree-tops. Absolutely beautiful.

I hope I can upload the photo I took