July 19, 2014
Some stars end in silence, some in fire, and some leave behind the raw materials for birthdays.
Alicante Beach Moonrise
Birthday · July 19, 2014
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APOD published July 19, 2014. Credit: José Carlos González. A publication-date match, not a photo taken on your date. Independent of NASA.
In this beach and skyscape from Alicante, Spain, July's Full Moon shines in the dark blue twilight, its reflection coloring the Mediterranean waters. Near the horizon, the moonlight is reddened by its long path through the atmosphere, but this Full Moon was also near perigee, the closest point to Earth along the Moon's elliptical orbit. That made it a Supermoon, a mighty 14% larger and 30% brighter than a Full Moon at apogee, the Moon's farthest orbital swing. Of course, most warm summer nights are a good time to enjoy a family meal oceanside, but what fish do you catch on the night of a Supermoon? They must be Moon breams ...
Image credit: José Carlos González