We saw it from the front porch of my home. We went outside to observe the full moon. My husbands phone has 100x zoom so I was messing around with his phone camera trying to get pics of the moon but it’s hard to hold it still so I sat on my front steps facing the moon to my left from my front porch stairs to steady myself. Finished taking pictures, handed the phone back to my husband and then walked back up the stairs to stand on my porch while talking to him. The bright flash caught my eye and I said “omg what is that?!” And he watched with me. It was definitely closer than the typical falling star and much brighter than even the full moon was. It was like it exploded then shot down and to the left slightly.
Location
Address
Millers Creek, NC
Latitude
36° 10' 18.39'' N (36.171775°)
Longitude
81° 13' 52.47'' W (-81.231242°)
Elevation
392.892609m
Time and Duration
Local Date & Time
2023-08-02 02:12 EDT
UT Date & Time
2023-08-02 06:12 UT
Duration
≈3.5s
Direction
Moving direction
From up right to down left
Descent Angle
257°
Moving
Facing azimuth
265.75°
First azimuth
303.41°
First elevation
25°
Last azimuth
261°
Last elevation
13°
Brightness and color
Stellar Magnitude
-13
Color
Light Green, Orange, Yellow, Red
Concurrent Sound
Observation
No
Remarks
-
Delayed Sound
Observation
No
Remarks
-
Persistent train
Observation
Unknown
Duration
-
Length
-
Remarks
-
Terminal flash
Observation
Yes
Remarks
With my husband taking pictures of the full moon from the sidewalk. We finished & walked up onto the porch and were talking. The flash caught the attention of the side of my vision and then I watched it trail to the left of my vision
