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Gallery: Supermoon Over Boston
See dazzling photos of the biggest full moon since 1948, captured before and despite last night's overcast skies.
BOSTON, MA — The most super "supermoon" in decades loomed over Boston last night largely under cloud cover, but some intrepid photographers still got some great shots, if not Monday than on Sunday.
Sunday night's dazzling display was a precursor to what was considered the biggest supermoon since 1948 on Monday night.
The term itself is for a not-so-rare phenomenon (an especially large, full moon), but Monday's was supposed to be one of the biggest in decades, according to Bob Berman, an astronomer at the Slooh Community Observatory. NASA says the moon won't be this big again until 2034.
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Patch captured a quick picture of last night's lunar spectacular over Jamaica Plain Monday (above), and we've collected a few great local snaps below.
We'd love to see your photos as well! Get a great one? Please send it to alison.bauter@patch.com.
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20min ago 7 miles over #Boston, @ThomsonHolidays @BoeingAirplanes 787 flying Cancun-England hits #supermoon2016 #HappeningsOutMyWindow pic.twitter.com/66Z27CQen8
— Mark Garfinkel (@pictureboston) November 14, 2016
PHOTO: The Super Moon rises over the #Scituate Lighthouse a few mins ago. #SuperMoon #BeaverMoon pic.twitter.com/criFGvQj9n
— Scott Eisen (@scotteisenphoto) November 13, 2016
#supermoon from Long Wharf #boston #fox25 @universalhub pic.twitter.com/DHfgF9AYGK
— Jean Nagy (@jeannagy) November 14, 2016
#Boston #Supermoon pic.twitter.com/U6Llhps0ev
— xJayx (@JayEdge25) November 14, 2016
Did you catch a glimpse of the #supermoon last night? Share your photo! If not, you can try to view it tonight, though clouds will increase. https://t.co/C869jvTUVA
— NWS Boston (@NWSBoston) November 14, 2016
What better place to take in the Supermoon than Jamaica Pond? Wonderful: @chrislangphotos | #emeraldnecklaceparks
A photo posted by Emerald Necklace Conservancy (@emeraldnecklaceconservancy) on Nov 14, 2016 at 6:03pm PST
Super (Cloudy) Moon. #boston #cambridge #supermoon https://t.co/nILZHq05oW pic.twitter.com/4oYp67mxQl
— Amish Shah (@dr_mogambo) November 15, 2016
Top photo courtesy Jeff Engel
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