The Super Moon

This past weekend specifically on Saturday night 20 minutes after sunset the moon came closest to the earth that is has been in 18 years. It was 14 percent bigger and 30 percent brighter. This only occurs every 18 to 20 years so I said I need to see this, so I went out and bought a telescope. From my house it was hard to see due to the fact of the trees and that it was pretty low in the sky at that time but it was also the biggest at the time so I had to see it. I live near an elementary school that has a big parking lot so I said to myself lets go up to the school and see if I can get a clear view. So I arrived at the school and the view was amazing no tress just open sky and the big ol super moon. By the way I wasn’t the only person with the idea there were about 5 more people with the same idea up there looking at the moon. So I took out my telescope and it took me about 5 minutes to set a good position of the telescope so I could see the whole moon. Finally I got a good position and I looked into it and it was just this huge big bright circle, it looked like the sun but after my eyes adjusted to the light I could see the whole thing including those gray blobs on the moon, those shadows, they are not craters if that what you’re thinking because I saw a crater after my eyes really adjusted and it’s just a circle on the moon and its not gray, you need a telescope in order to see the craters. The other fortunate part about the night was the weather. Thankfully it was a clear night so you could see the brightness and size of it. Later that night, I looked in my backyard when the moon was high in the sky and it lit up my whole yard, like I said it was as if the sun was out. It was definitely a sight to see, almost an indescribable sight. I look forward to seeing the next super moon in 18 to 20 years, even though it’s a long time it will come up quick!