D-RingBinder
Member
AhhhhhhhhhhhhYA!!! Turned out to be SUPER POOPER moon for me. To much cloud cover at the horizon, moon didn't show until it was way past the point where it gets magnified at earth's edge by the atmosphere. Still was a nice full moon, but not too much different from your avg full moon.
Im not sure what hour were expecting with the super moon. Its only slighly closer, which equated to about 10-15 percent bigger (something like from 24 arcminutes to 29 arcminutes (don't quote me on those numbers))...not enough for us to notice with the naked eye.
Also, the moon does not get magnified by the earths atmosphere. It is exactly the same size in the sky at the horizon and when it is directly overhead. Its just an optical illusion which makes it look bigger, but there is actually no difference in size.