Full Moon Over Cleveland from Edgewater Park 9/19 to 9/21

Hey Photographers, there will be a Full Moon rising over Cleveland this week, the actual Full Moon will be on Thursday, but will be 99.7% full on Friday and 97% Full on Saturday. So what day is the best to shoot the Full Moon, well that the depends the best time wise is Thursday, but the best location wise is Saturday. Lets look at this using the Photographer's Ephemeris.....

Thursday:
    Sunset is 19:28
    Moonrise is 19:25

     So this is ideal lighting the moon will actually rise a few minutes before the sun sets so you'll get the last rays of the sun lighting the city at the moon rises.  Now for the downside the location of the moonrise will be south of the city as we see below.  The light blue line is where the moon will rise on Thursday

Full Moon Rise on Thursday - moonrise is south of the city.

Friday
   Sunset is 19:27
   Moonrise is 19:58

 The sun will be setting 31 minutes before the moonrises which isn't as good for the lighting as Thurday but the moonrise will move farther north but still be south of the Terminal Tower

Full Moon Rise on Friday - Moon rises closer to the city but south of Terminal Tower

Saturday
    Sunset is 19:25
    Moonrise is 20:33

   Now the moon will rise a little more than an hour after sunset, however this is the day for the best location of the moonrise. The moon will rise on Saturday over Public Square.

Full Moon Rise on Saturday - Moon Rises over Public Square

So there are your Moonrise options, Thursday is the best for the light, but the worst for the moon's location and Saturday is the best for the location of the Moonrise, I think I would go for Saturday for the best photo of the moon over Cleveland. The only other problem is the weather, you sure don't want to go if the sky is cloud covered.

As you can see the Photographer's Ephemeris is a great tool for planning your shoot and the desktop version is FREE, get it here.... The Photographer's Ephemeris  they also have apps for smartphones

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