First ‘double supermoon’ wows Earthlings

The first supermoon of a ‘double supermoon’ month has captured the hearts, minds and photographic equipment of space-botherers everywhere. The combination of the Moon’s eccentric orbit (that’s eccentric in the sense of elliptical, not that it wears a bow tie and has strange hobbies) and atmospheric effects caused the Moon to look a bit bigger and brighter than usual, leading to spectacular shots of the Moon looking big and weird rising over the top of popular tourist attractions.

The first full Moon of August is often called the ‘Sturgeon Moon,’ owing to it marking the start of the sturgeon fishing season in many parts of the world. A second supermoon on August 30 will mark the rare blue supermoon, and we think that’s the real fishy thing about all of this.

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