![](https://westseattleblog.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/20140810-205416-Supermoon-Harbor-Ave-640x640-e1407747986524.jpg)
(From Harbor Avenue: Photo by David Hutchinson)
As Space.com put it, Sunday night’s full moon was the “superest supermoon” of the year – the closest one to Earth this year.
![](https://westseattleblog.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/SuperMoon_August-10-2014_103-e1407744798708.jpg)
(Photo by Jim Clark)
Next month’s full moon (September 8th) will be almost as close.
![](https://westseattleblog.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/D14_3597-e1407747470382.jpg)
(Photo by Craig Young)
As Alice Enevoldsen writes in the newest edition of “Skies Over West Seattle,” it’s only one of this week’s attractions for skygazers.
![](https://westseattleblog.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/P1090020-e1407744780484.jpg)
(Photo by Carolyn Newman)
How close *was* the moon, you ask? 221,765 miles. Or so. This calculator puts it a bit farther away.
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