We did go out for a third time today and, moreover, in the hours of darkness.

For a while now, the world has been enjoying a phenomenon commonly called a Supermoon when the our satellite is unusually close to the earth, affording spectacular views – weather conditions permitting, of course.

Tigger has been following lunar events with some interest, particularly from the point of view of photographing our celestial neighbour.

I mentioned that Tigger had recently acquired a new phone. On board, it has Apple’s best camera yet and Tigger was keen to try to obtain some photos of the supermoon with it. Unfortunately, as observational astronomers know only too well, the weather can always intervene to frustrate your best efforts. Today’s weather illustrates that point: the sky was obscured by fast-moving clouds that continually veiled the moon while allowing half-glimpses of it from time to time. However, as practised street photographers, we are long used to waiting patiently for a split second of visibility of our subject. So it was tonight with the moon in the cloudy sky.

St Mark’s Church from Claremont Square

I did make a couple of attempts at capturing the moon myself but soon desisted when it was obvious that, with my now relatively ancient camera phone, the results would be poor. Instead, I photographed a couple familiar scenes in unfamiliar lighting while keeping Tigger company. Above is a scene I have shown you many times but in an entirely new light – literally!

Myddelton Square at night

Photographing the moon in town presents the difficulty of obtaining a clear view of it. The moon tonight was relatively low in the sky (which is when it appears at its most spectacular, appearing large in comparison with earthly structures) and we had to find a position from which we had a clear view. Thus we walked around Myddelton Square in search of a gap between buildings. Having found one, we had to wait for moments when the clouds thinned which they never did entirely.

Here, then, are just four of the photos taken by Tigger. I have not edited them at all and so they are as they came from Tigger’s phone to mine via the wonders of wireless communications.

If you were to ask me which is my favourite, I think I would choose the last one because, although the moon is partially obscured by tree branches, that very fact somehow symbolises the our concept of the moon as intimately related to our lives on earth.