Moon size comparison

[cometcatcher]

Last year's super moon compared to tonight's moon near apogee to show apparent size difference. Both used an ED100 at F9, Pentax K-5.

[kkara4]

nice Kevin! looks like for the supermoon it was slightly less % illuminated than your apogee pic?

[cometcatcher]

Yes Krishan I took the "supermoon" a day late I believe so the phase wasn't 100%. But it does still show the difference between an apogee moon and perigee moon in size.

[pluto]

Also shows the effect of the Moons libration where you can see extreme latitudes (or is it longitudes? I'm unsure) in each that aren't visible in the other. Nice :D

[kkara4]

THanks Kevin i thought so! I wasn't being technical and pointing out that it wasn't 100% full, was more so just wondering what the reason was for the illumination difference!

i didn't see the libration effect initially but now i see it...interesting!