Supermoon Lunar Eclipse Photography and Behind the Scenes - Sutherland Shire, Sydney

Last night we planned to go as far east as we could to get a clear view of the supermoon rising above the water. I made the mad dash from daycare pickup to the train station where my husband was waiting and then on to the beach! We were racing against the clock as the sun dipped lower and lower. The thing about a supermoon is that it is opposite where the sun is in the sky. So as the sun set in the west, the moon rose in the east and appears bigger because it is closer to the earth than it normally is. Now back to the car ride, my kids are ALWAYS hungry so I had packed what I thought would be more than enough food to satisfy their hungry bellies. Before we even got to the station though I hear my son pipe up from the back “finished!” and “I’m still hungry”- surely not!!

We got to the spot out near Cronulla in the Sutherland Shire and rugged up in our warm clothes (that I had also prepared earlier) and headed down to the rocks in prime position with a few minutes to spare. The kids will never know the effort that goes into these adventures! Down on the rocks it was almost dusk and the air was turning a beautiful pink colour. We had a great view of the waves that were breaking and crashing on the rocks below us and in the distance a group of brave/fearless surfers were having the time of their lives.

Then we spotted it, the tip of a pink moon that had broken the horizon! It was so exciting to see it actually rise where we expected it to. We spent the next hour or so exploring the rocks, watching the “Kabooms” as my son called the big waves and enjoying this special sight of the supermoon.

The other thing that was rare about last night’s moon was that it not only was a supermoon but also a Lunar Eclipse. So after getting the kids home, fed, washed and in bed I had set my alarm to remind me to go outside and look at the moon at 9:10pm. This is when the Lunar Eclipse happened which is when the moon falls completely in the earths shadow and turns red. It’s also known as a blood moon.

I of course took many a photo of our memories and I also made a behind the scenes video to give you a feel of how I get the shots and just to remember the night by.