How to take a good photograph of the August supermoons on your phone or camera with the best settings

Guardian Australia picture editor Carly Earl explains the dos and don'ts of photographing the moon

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With two supermoons rising in 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 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.