I would have written this a few minutes ago, but I wanted to wait until the feeling returned to my fingers! Spring may be under 24 hours away, but winter isn’t done yet. It was windy and cold as I made my way to Quinnipiac University’s York Hill Campus.
Tonight is the night of the “Super Moon.” The Moon is full while it and Earth are at their closest point. It’s unusual for both those things to happen simultaneously.
I know enough to know it wasn’t going to be spectacular, but it would be nice.
Moonrise was scheduled for 7:23 PM. “What are you waiting for,” Helaine asked a few minutes before 7:00?
It only takes five minutes to get from here to there. Within the first thirty seconds I knew what I’d been waiting for–warmth.
I first stopped behind the fieldhouse to take a few twilight shots of New Haven. A security officer showed up thirty seconds later. He’d noticed me driving beyond the “No Vehicles…” sign.
I’m lucky. He was nice about it. I got to take my shots before moving on.
There were a few other people waiting at the top of QU’s hill as I crossed from the parking lot to the easternmost overlook on this new campus. I could see other folks even higher up near Quinnipiac’s Windspire Wind Farm.
Yes, electricity was being produced tonight. Lots of electricity.
With a few minutes still to pass I turned toward Lockwood Farm down 
in the valley below. The silo… it’s a cell tower! Is nothing sacred?
I turned to the east at 7:23 and right on schedule…. nothing. That’s not right. The Moon is always on time!
I waited. Still nothing. Maybe the Moon was behind Sleeping Giant Mountain?
As it turned out though we had no clouds overhead there were a few on the horizon. The Moon began to poke through around 7:30.
It’s a little larger. It’s a little brighter. It’s still the full moon. If no one would have talked about it being oversized tonight you wouldn’t have known it!
I, on the other hand, am thinking of soaking in a hot tub. It’s still winter!
