Last night was the largest full moon of 2009. The Moon is in an elliptical orbit around the Earth, and we say it’s at Perigee when it’s at its closest point to Earth, approx 356,000km away, versus approx 406,000 km when it’s at Apogee (the furthest point in its orbit).

That means the full moon was larger and brighter than usual, and it was the largest and brightest it will be in 2009.

Unfortunately it was raining last night, but it had cleared this morning so I went for a drive before heading off to work to capture the moon setting over Brisbane Water at Yattalunga Wharf.

Yattalunga Moonset

You can see how bright the moon is by the shadows cast on the wharf! It was a beautiful morning, and the view of the Moon from on the train, setting very low in the West was just amazing.

One last shot taken this morning, of the railing on the wharf.

Hold On

Both shots taken with my new Canon 20D, with the Sigma 17-70mm lens.

Thanks for looking.

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