Super Harvest Moon

Super Moon. Harvest Moon. Beaver Moon. Frosty Moon. Take your pick. Conditions were very good for viewing the moon's rising on Monday, November 14, 2016 north of Marion, Iowa. Above, the moon peaks over the horizon and through some haze at 5:32 pm CST, about 8 minutes after official moonrise, with farmers still harvesting crops in their fields. The location for these four images was Ross Veterinary Clinic on North Marion Road, about .1-mile north of County Home Road.

5:37 pm. The moon and a farm combine.

5:39 pm. Vertical orientation of the same theme. Air temperature was 48 degrees F.

Supermoon close-up (300mm lens), captured at 5:34 pm. The enlarged, oblate appearance of the moon near the horizon is an optical illusion. Not an illusion is the fact that the moon is closer to the earth than it has been in 69 years (221,525 miles), and won't be this close again until November 25, 2034.  At this moment, the moon was actually waning, as it had reached technical fullness earlier in the day at 7:52 am CST. Nikon D7200 DSLR camera.