{"id":7077,"date":"2017-12-05T11:35:44","date_gmt":"2017-12-05T18:35:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/adventureswithinreach.com\/travel\/?p=7077"},"modified":"2017-12-03T12:00:00","modified_gmt":"2017-12-03T19:00:00","slug":"full-moon-kilimanjaro-trek-tanzania-safari","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adventureswithinreach.com\/travel\/2017\/12\/05\/full-moon-kilimanjaro-trek-tanzania-safari\/","title":{"rendered":"Full Moon or New Moon for your Kilimanjaro Trek or Tanzania Safari"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/adventureswithinreach.com\/tanzania\/faq\/full_moon.html\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"8394\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/adventureswithinreach.com\/travel\/2017\/12\/05\/full-moon-kilimanjaro-trek-tanzania-safari\/kili058\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/adventureswithinreach.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Kili058.jpg?fit=3872%2C2592&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"3872,2592\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;3.2&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;NIKON D200&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1362357511&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;17&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;400&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;30&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Kili058\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Climb Kilimanjaro on a full moon&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/adventureswithinreach.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Kili058.jpg?fit=640%2C428&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-8394\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/adventureswithinreach.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Kili058.jpg?resize=640%2C428\" alt=\"Climb Kilimanjaro on a full moon\" width=\"640\" height=\"428\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/adventureswithinreach.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Kili058.jpg?resize=1024%2C685&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/adventureswithinreach.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Kili058.jpg?resize=300%2C201&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/adventureswithinreach.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Kili058.jpg?resize=768%2C514&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/adventureswithinreach.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Kili058.jpg?w=1280 1280w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/adventureswithinreach.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Kili058.jpg?w=1920 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Summiting on or soon after a <strong>full moon<\/strong> is very beautiful and helps illuminate the landscape on <a href=\"http:\/\/adventureswithinreach.com\/tanzania\/kilimanjaro\/kili_photos_summit.html\">summit day on Kilimanjaro<\/a> without using headlamps.\u00a0 Nighttime photos on Kilimanjaro and on safari are beautiful with the moon in the sky.<\/p>\n<p>However, it is also very bright for sleeping and stars are not as visible.\u00a0 If you want to get a time-lapse photo of the stars, a <strong>new moon<\/strong> is a better option.<\/p>\n<p>To summit on a full moon, you will want to start a 6-day trek 4 days before the full moon (3 days before if doing a 5-day trek, 5 days before a 7-day trek, 6 days for an 8-day trek).<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/adventureswithinreach.com\/tanzania\/faq\/full_moon.html\">Full Moon and New Moon Dates for 2018 &gt;&gt;<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Summiting on or soon after a full moon is very beautiful and helps illuminate the landscape on summit day on Kilimanjaro without using headlamps.\u00a0 Nighttime photos on Kilimanjaro and on safari are beautiful with the moon in the sky. 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