Supermoon as Viewed this Morning from the Conejo Valley

L. David Irete submitted this shot of the "supermoon" staring down the western Conejo Valley open space and Edison power lines in Newbury Park this morning. Last night's (and this morning's) supermoon was the closest full moon to the Earth since January 26, 1948.

Mark your calendars for November 25, 2034. That's when astronomers indicate the next time we will have a supermoon this close to earth.

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Post-Earthquake Moonset This Morning From Malibu and the Conejo Valley

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Suzy Demeter of Suzy Demeter Photography caught this "moonset" of last night's full moon from Malibu this morning, about 30 minutes after most of us were jolted awake by a 4.4 magnitude quake at 6:25 a.m. The moon did not feel the quake. I asked him. But the rest of us sure did! The quake was centered somewhere between Encino and Westwood in the Santa Monica Mountains. Kind of a rude awakening to St. Paddy's Day and 20 year, 2 month (to the day) anniversary of the Northridge earthquake of 1994.

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That full moon was shining bright up here in the Conejo Valley too, dodging around the early morning fog that soon burned off as we said our final goodbyes.

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