Just after midnight Sunday, Oct. 16, the moon was at full phase, just 19 hours before it reached perigee, or its closest approach to Earth for the month, making it a supermoon.
This supermoon shines bright in the night sky over the Washington, D.C.-region Saturday, Oct. 15, 2016. This moon is special because it also happens to be a “hunter’s moon,” the first full moon after last month’s harvest moon.
(WTOP/Greg Redfern)
WTOP/Greg Redfern
The supermoon over Big Meadows at Shenandoah National Park.
(WTOP/Greg Redfern)
WTOP/Greg Redfern
The supermoon as seen in Colonial Beach, Va., on Oct. 16, 2016.
(Courtesy Bob Hooker)
Courtesy Bob Hooker
The supermoon as seen from Alban Towers in NW DC.
(Courtesy Mark Story)
Courtesy Mark Story
(Courtesy Mark Story)
(Courtesy Mark Story)
(Courtesy Mark Story)
(Courtesy Mark Story)
(Courtesy Mark Story)
(Courtesy Mark Story)
(Courtesy Mark Story)
(Courtesy Mark Story)