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 The Full Moons of 2020

   February 26, 2021

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   Photographer:  Paolo Bardelli
   Summary Author:  Paolo Bardelli

   In 2020 I managed to photograph all 13  full Moons, as represented
   on the montage shown above. Having used the same setup for all shots,
   the first thing noticeable is that the apparent dimensions of the Moon
   vary by approximately 10.5 percent, a result of its  elliptical
   orbit about Earth. The Moon always shows us the same side, because its
    rotation is synchronous with its revolution around the Earth, but
   thanks to oscillations ( librations) we’re able to observe 59
   percent of the lunar surface. This can be seen from viewing the above
   images, each of which has been similarly oriented with respect to the
    celestial meridian for my location in Albusciago, Italy.

   Note that in 2020 there were 4  supermoons: in order of brightness,
   or distance from Earth, they occurred on April 8 (221,851 miles or
   357,034 km), on March 9 (222,082 miles or 357,406 km), on May 7
   (224,431 miles or 361,186 km) and on February 9 (225,189 miles or
   362,406 km). It should also be pointed out that the full Moon of
   January 10 and June 5 were partially obscured by  penumbral
   eclipses.

   Photo Details: Canon 70D camera; zoom lens 70/300 mm; 300 mm, on a
   tripod.
     * Albusciago, Italy Coordinates:  45.7395, 8.7939

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Night Sky Links

     *  Space Weather Live
     *  Space Weather Live Forum
     *  About the Moon
     *  American Meteor Society
     *  Arbeitskreises Meteore e.V.
     *  Global City Lights
     *  Heavens Above Home Page
     *  The International Meteor Organization
     *  Lunar and Planetary Institute
     *  MoonConnection
     *  NASA Eclipse Web Page
     *  Understanding The Moon Phases

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