Superstitious Moon

A full moon rises through a thin layer of clouds as seen in the SE sky from the Bowman Meadows housing development in Marion, Iowa on Thursday, June 12, 2014. The top image was captured at 8:53 PM CDT, the bottom at 9:02 PM. As late Thursday night became early Friday morning, the full moon became a Friday the 13th full moon. That last occurred on October 13, 2000, and the next one won't happen again until August 13, 2049. The line of clouds, which were receding to the east, prevented viewing the moon as it peeked above the horizon in this area at 8:13 PM. The spires of First United Methodist Church in Marion can barely be seen in the tree line below the moon in the top image.