March 19 Supermoon Over Metro Manila

“Filigree, apogee, pedigree, perigee!”

– Eglentine Price, Walt Disney’s “Bedknobs and Broomsticks” (1971 film)

For info about the lunar perigee photo above, click here.

There was a blanket of clouds over Metro Manila pretty much the whole night and so the much-awaited (2:10 A.M. March 20) supermoon experience was disappointing. I’ve seen much better of non-supermoons. Below are the ones I took using our trusty ol’ home-use point-and-shoot and without a stand:

I can almost make out the Man in the Moon below: