The highlight of my evening last night (it was a quiet one) was taking photos of the moon!

I’d read in the newspaper earlier in the day, that it was a Blue Moon and that there was a partial eclipse expected around 8:30pm.  And then I promptly forgot about it!

Then, I took Bradley outside last night to see if we could see the fireworks that were going beserk in the area… but all we saw was this beautiful moon.  So of course I had to rush inside, get my camera and tripod and see if I could capture it!

For those that don’t know, a Blue moon is a full moon, when there’s already been a full moon during that month.  The next time it’ll occur is in August 2012.   It’s extremely rare for it to occur on New Years Eve, and even more rare for a lunar eclipse on the same night!

Edited to add the link to the Atronomy photo of the day from that date… now that’s how to take a photo of the moon!