And now, photos of the moon showing off last night

"As darkness falls on May 11, 2014, the bright waxing gibbous moon shines in between the planet Mars and Spica, the brightest star in the constellation Virgo." Dunno about Mars and Spica, but here's the moon …



Top photos by Bobby Williams … and via Grant Shaffer with a telescope …

How was your lunar eclipse?

Bobby Williams caught some of the lunar eclipse late last night/early this morning from his East Village perch.

The first two photos are from 1:30 a.m. …



… and the last shot was at 2:30 a.m.



As we cut-n-paste from CNN:

In a total lunar eclipse, the full moon turns a coppery red as it passes into Earth's shadow. During the process, the moon's bright glow dims, taking on a red hue because of shimmers of sunlight and sunsets seeping through the Earth's atmosphere.

Apparently clouds obscured the blood moon part of it on the East Coast … otherwise, this would have been the projection…


[Desiree Martin/AFP/Getty Images]

Tonight's almost full mooooooon

Looking east from East Houston Street via @speakman

Today's photos of last night's moon

From the EV Observatory by Bobby Williams

Morning moon

Photo by EVG Moon Correspondent Bobby Williams

From ConEd to the Moon

Over at the ConEd plant on Avenue C ... Photo this evening via Shawn Chittle.

There's a moon over...

Photo by Bobby Williams tonight...

Moon set

Last night... photos by Bobby Williams

Last night's moon

Meant to post these earlier...





By Bobby Williams.

Sun, Moon

Above via EVG reader David...

-----

...and from last night via Bobby Williams...

Promising you the Super Moon

Bobby Williams took these photos (of the moon) around 2:35 a.m. ... almost time for the Super Moon tomorrow morning! The biggest and brightest full moon of the year!

Let's just lazily cut-n-paste this from The Washington Post:

The upcoming perigee occurs within minutes of the official full moon (but after the moon will have set for the day and not visible in that particular time window). Make some toast and pour your coffee, since on Sunday, June 23 perigee is at 7:11 a.m. eastern, when the Earth and moon will be about 356,991 kilometers, or 221,894 miles apart, according to the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada. A mere 22 minutes later – at 7:33 a.m. – the moon becomes full, according to the U.S. Naval Observatory.

The moon will appear 14 percent larger than normal, or more depending on how much you drink.

Meanwhile, we'll need to check in with Felton Davis.

3:35 a.m.

By Bobby Williams.

And if you look closely, you can see an outline of a penis... Oh, wait — that was Mars! Never mind!

2:15 a.m.

By Bobby Williams.

Your quick moon recap

Last night!


[By Bobby Williams]

Early this morning!



All is well. Mostly.

Noir moon

Last night over the East Village (and the rest of the city, really...)

Photo by EVG regular jdx.

Equal time: To counter all the photos of sunrises that we've posted of late

A little moon action last night. Photo by Bobby Williams.

Previously.

Silent night...

Keep getting my holidays mixed up... In any event, St. Brigid's tonight...

Moon shot(s)

Last night via Bobby Williams.

Venus and Jupiter over the Con Ed power station

Avenue C and East 14th Street around 5 a.m. Shawn Chittle, who took the photo, also sent along this handy map ...

Sunday's sorta supermoon

On Saturday, the moon came as close to Earth as it will all year. Allegedly. I cut-n-paste this from somewhere: the supermoon was 14 percent closer to Earth and 30 percent brighter than when at its farthest point.

But Saturday evening's overcast skies didn't make for very good viewing.

Still, last night's moon wasn't any slouch.

Photos by Bobby Williams.