Supermoon

Did you all see the supermoon this weekend? In case you didn't hear about it, a "supermoon" occurs when the moon is full at the same time it is at its closest point to Earth. We read online that the best times to see the supermoon would be when it rose at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, and when it set at 6:30 a.m. on Sunday. We knew it would be rising from the east, so over the NYC skyline, and that sounded like a great photo op so we made sure to check it out.

It was AH-MAZING. We stepped out the door of our building just after 7:30 on Saturday evening and I think our verbatim reaction was, "holy crap." I have never seen such a huge, beautiful moon. It looked sort of orange-ish in color and was just above the skyline, at about the Village area. We spent quite some time outside watching that beautiful moon rise over the city. Incredible.

Pictures can't even do it justice, but this is the best we could do:

Supermoon rising over the city

Big and beautiful

Enjoying the view at a nearby park

Supermoon reflecting over the Hudson. To add to the incredible view, the ESB was lit in colorful yellow, blue and red!

We got to see the supermoon again on its way down the next morning when we left for the half marathon, but we were in too much of a rush to get to our train to stop and take pictures. It was pretty awesome then too, though. I have just never seen anything like it.