A Big Bright Fast Orb

Photo date: March 26, 2016. Photographer: Mark Mahin.

The photo below shows a big bright orb that appears to be moving very fast above a building in New York City. At the time the photo was taken at 9:24 PM EST there was no moon visible in the direction the orb appeared, and this is definitely not a streaked image of the moon. You can tell the camera was not moving from the lack of any streaking in the appearance of the building at the bottom. The "comet tail" we see here looks like those in 77 other photos I have taken (all in dry conditions), which can be viewed here.

 There was no rain, fog, mist or precipitation on this night. The air quality listed on airnow.gov was "good," with a rating of 31.