Halloween Moon Preview

The month of October, 2020 will feature two full moons--October 1 (Harvest Moon) and October 31 (Blue Moon). Blue moons on Halloween are somewhat rare, with the next one not occurring until 2039. The images of the moon shown above were captured from Brentwood Drive NE in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, and look east. The main image was photographed at 7:37 pm CDT on  Wednesday, September 30, 2020 and is a 1/160 second exposure at f/5.6, ISO 800 and 300mm focal length, the inset 1/200 second exposure at f/5.6, ISO 250, 300mm focal length. Nikon D7200 DSLR camera.