At supermoon party, a “Moonlight Sonata”
A 14-year-old prodigy concert pianist played Beethoven’s “Moonlight Sonata” from atop Griffith Park on Sunday night to celebrate a rare “supermoon” lunar eclipse.
Hundreds of people enjoyed the view from the Griffith Observatory, where the partially eclipsed moon appeared on the horizon line just after 7 p.m., and the music, performed by Ray Ushikubo of the Colburn School.
“It’s a very sweet night,” said Dr. Ed Krupp, director of the observatory. “The park is packed. There are blankets and picnics. It’s very romantic.”
Not ever one was so lucky. Many motorists found themselves craning for a lunar view while stuck in traffic on the roads leading to the observatory.
A lunar eclipse occurs when the Earth’s shadow falls on the moon as it moves between the moon and the sun. The coppery reddish color of the lunar face has given rise to its description as a “blood moon.”
Because the moon will also be at its closet point to Earth, it will appear about 13% larger than other full moons. The last time the two events coincided was in 1982, and the next time will be in 2033.
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