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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
Technology
Carly Earl

Blue moon August 2023: how to take a good photograph of the supermoon tonight on your phone or camera

People watch as the full ‘super flower blood moon’ rises over Bondi Beach in Sydney on 26 May, 2021. Guardian Australia’s picture editor explains how to photograph the August 2023 blue supermoon tonight, whether you’re using a phone or DSLR camera, and the best settings to use.
People watch as the full ‘super flower blood moon’ rises over Bondi Beach in Sydney on 26 May, 2021. Guardian Australia’s picture editor explains how to photograph the August 2023 blue supermoon tonight, whether you’re using a phone or DSLR camera, and the best settings to use. Photograph: Anadolu Agency/Getty Images

With a ‘blue’ moon rising tonight, the second supermoon of August 2023, many people will pull out their mobile phones to try to get an Instagram-worthy photograph, but unfortunately getting a great photo of the full moon is really challenging.

Two reasons: it is very far away and unless you have a telephoto lens (which makes the moon appear closer than it is) it will always appear as a very small glowing dot in the frame.

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