Super Moon

The moon on Saturday, May 5, 2012 was dubbed a “super moon,” the closest and therefore the biggest and brightest full moon of the year. At 11:34 p.m., the moon will be about 221,802 miles from Earth. That's about 15,300 miles closer than average (from this article). Of course, we had to go check it out!

It was a beautiful view from our house, but we decided to drive the few minutes to the Bountiful Temple to take pictures there. So did half of Bountiful. We found our spot in a vacant lot just west of the temple, chatted with others there, and took some pictures.

Most of the other people were there for the night. They all said that they wanted to wait until the moon lined up with the Angel Moroni. Since my new deacon was passing the sacrament (and collecting fast offerings) for the first time the next day – at 9:00 am – we decided to take a few pictures and then call it a night.

Here are some AMAZING professional photos of the “super moon” from famous landmarks around the world (from this article). Obviously I do not have the same camera lens.