The tragedy was that sky was clear at midnight in Sydney the night before - the moon was 98.4 illuminated and the `supermoon ' was as super as it was going to get , and it was completely ignored as the public and media were lead to believe it was something only going to happen last night ... For that matter , the Moon will be 98.4% tonight and we have fair weather cumulus around so no excuses tonight .
Personally , I stepped out , saw the sky was clear , noted everything strongly lit by moonlight , but I didn't bother to even look . Being dazzled by the full moon was something I gave up about 30 years ago , though I don't mind seeing a deep orange full moon when it is rising .
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