Is It Mid-Autumn Tonight?

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Is It Mid-Autumn Tonight?

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Hi all,

I found out it is supposed to be mid-autumn festival today.

However, when I looked at the moon, it does not seem full, maybe like 1 day short of a full moon.

What do you guys think?

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Post by mySG_jy »

it was on news last night, saying that although today is mid-autumn festival but it is not a complete full moon, i didn't catch the full story. today is lunar 15th.

may be it is like the leap year thing
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Post by weixing »

Hi,
Today is Mid-Autumn Festival... just that the Moon is not full... which is quite common. That's why there is a chinese saying :"十五的月亮，十六圆" which mean "the Moon on 15th is not full, but full on 16th" (15th in the Chinese calendar is suppose to be a full Moon).

Anyway, this year, it's off by quite a bit... the full Moon occur on 27th Sep 2007.

Happy Mid-Autumn Festival and Have a nice day.
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Yes it is not exactly full, but still beautiful nontheless. Captured this Mid Autumn Moon right after sunset at Lebrador Park with a Canon tele lense.
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holy cow! very nice! liked the depth and colour!
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Post by siahheng »

Great shot cataclysm!

It was too cloudy yesterday, couldn't see the moon till around 8pm.

what settings did you use? Thanks.
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Post by opteron »

just to OT abit...what colour shld the moon be ?
based on white balance, the moon can be anything from orange to grey to blue.

take yr pick guys :P
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what settings did you use?
Thanks! Here are the setting: Spot metering at the Moon at F7.1, 1/160s, iso800. Taken with Ca
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Thanks! Here are the setting: Spot metering at the Moon at F7.1, 1/160s, iso800. Taken with Ca
Sorry, taken with Canon EF100-400 at 400, 30D & tripod.
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