How many moons does Earth have?

Posted by Marion Whitehead on 17 June 2011

This series of photos of the full moon eclipse on 15 June 2011 seems to show a second moon, hovering next to the regular one undergoing an eclipse.

I took the pictures from Barberton, where the night sky is relatively unpolluted by light. I had my Nikon with 200mm lens mounted on a tripod and was fiddling around, trying to get the exposure right. When I noticed the extra moon, I thought it was caused by movement of the camera as I released the shutter, so put it on delayed timer and tried some more. Still the other moon was there. It only disappeared once the regular moon was fully eclipsed.

Can anyone out there explain this? Did the guys down at Sutherland Observatory see the extra moon?

 

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