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This is more a testament to the fact we had clear skies and good weather for SO long!!! In fact I got 4 more shots before the full moon as well!!
A lunar phase or Moon phase is the apparent shape of the Moon's directly sunlit portion as viewed from the Earth (because the Moon is tidally locked with the Earth, the same hemisphere is always facing the Earth). In common usage, the four major phases are the new moon, the first quarter, the full moon and the last quarter; the four minor phases are waxing crescent, waxing gibbous, waning gibbous, and waning crescent. A lunar month is the time between successive recurrences of the same phase: due to the eccentricity of the Moon's orbit, this duration is not perfectly constant but averages about 29.5 days.
The appearance of the Moon (its phase) gradually changes over a lunar month as the relative orbital positions of the Moon around Earth, and Earth around the Sun, shift. The visible side of the Moon is sunlit to varying extents, depending on the position of the Moon in its orbit, with the sunlit portion varying from 0% (at new moon) to nearly 100% (at full moon).
There are four principal (primary, or major) lunar phases: the new moon, first quarter, full moon, and last quarter (also known as third or final quarter), when the Moon's ecliptic longitude is at an angle to the Sun (as viewed from the center of the Earth) of 0°, 90°, 180°, and 270° respectively. Each of these phases appears at slightly different times at different locations on Earth, and tabulated times are therefore always geocentric (calculated for the Earth's center).
Between the principal phases are intermediate phases, during which the apparent shape of the illuminated Moon is either crescent or gibbous. On average, the intermediate phases last one-quarter of a synodic month, or 7.38 days.
The term waxing is used for an intermediate phase when the Moon's apparent shape is thickening, from new to a full moon; and waning when the shape is thinning. The duration from full moon to new moon (or new moon to full moon) varies from approximately 13 days 22+1⁄2 hours to about 15 days 14+1⁄2 hours.
Waxing Crescent Moon (9.8% illumination) over spring Sapporo.
The large, dark feature in ~4 o'clock position is the Sea of Crises (Mare Crisium), an ancient lava plain. Several impact craters are also well visible.
Camera: Canon EOS 80D.
Lens: Sigma 150-600mm F5-6.3 DG OS HSM.
Edited with Adobe Photoshop.
Luna al tramonto
Sottile falce di Luna crescente al tramonto ripresa ieri sera da Recco (GE). Il nostro satellite si trova a bassa elongazione dal Sole, con illuminazione di pochi punti percentuali. La luce crepuscolare esalta il gradiente cromatico dell’atmosfera, mentre il Mar Ligure riflette le ultime tonalità del giorno creando un contrasto netto tra il blu del mare e l’arancio del cielo.
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Moon at sunset
Thin crescent Moon at sunset, photographed yesterday evening from Recco (Genoa). The Moon shows low solar elongation with only a few percent illumination. The twilight sky enhances the atmospheric color gradient, while the Ligurian Sea reflects the last daylight tones, producing a sharp contrast between the blue water and the warm orange sky.
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The day moon is a Waxing Crescent 32% illuminated moon. Waxing Crescent is the lunar phase on 16 June 2021, Wednesday. Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 32% and growing larger. The 6 days young Moon is in Virgo. The Moon is 6 days young. Earth's natural satellite is moving from the beginning to the first part of current synodic month. This is lunation 265 of Meeus index or 1218 from Brown series. 63451
While it sure didn’t seem like it at the moment, the 2:30am alarm turned out to be worth it. I lugged my camera & tripod out to the driveway to be able to get a clear view of this colorful celestial show. I struggled with some camera shake and blurred images at first, and towards the end of totality, the humidity spiked to 91% which resulted in my lens fogging up so I couldn’t shoot anymore after that. But seeing the total eclipse with my eyes was the most rewarding part. And as a bonus, I did end up with a couple of good shots like this one. I hope you were able to catch a glimpse last night — if not, enjoy this image! 😊
The Full Blood Worm Moon Total Lunar Eclipse, as seen from Southeast Florida at 3:00 am, March 2025.
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Happy birthday to you Nisz. I love you. We love you.
Candle light, moon light, star light,
The brightest glow is from love light.
~Grey Livingston
Just crop, no PP! I put lots of love into capturing this picture for my wife. If you look hard on large you will see light trail of an airplane taking-off. Shot with 30 sec exposure time!!!
LIBRATION
A perceived oscillating motion of orbiting bodies relative to each other, notably including the motion of the Moon relative to Earth
LIBRACIÓN
Conjunto de movimientos de oscilación que presenta el disco de la Luna con respecto a un observador ubicado en la Tierra
LIBRACIÓ
Conjunt de moviments d'oscil·lació que presenta el disc de la Lluna respecte a un observador terrestre
Captured on a clear night in Reno, this waxing crescent moon is just 2 days old. While there were no Northern Lights to be seen, the moon provided a stunning view.
Aberkenfig, South Wales
Lat +51.542 Long -3.593
A 30 Pane Mosaic of a 21 day 16h lunar phase.
Each pane captured with a Skywatcher 254mm Newtonian & ZWO ASI 120MC Astronomical Imaging Camera.
Each pane processed with Registax 6 then stitched with Microsoft Image Composite Editor.
Levels slightly adjusted using G.I.M.P. on final image
Imaging session commenced 02:36 UT. Not the best seeing conditions, but fairly reasonable for the capture of 2000 frames on each pane, with 40% to 45% used for stacking.
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The day moon is the Waning Crescent phase. On this day, the moon is 22.93 days old and 45.01% illuminated with a tilt of -69.349°. The approximate distance from Earth to the moon is 370,289.17 km and the moon sign is Aquarius. The Moon phase for May 13th, 2023 is a Waning Crescent phase. R_32516
The ever-changing moon.
Taken using my Lumix LX3 through a Celestron Travelscope 70 telescope.
For the 'Changes' weekly theme in the 365 2013 Edition group.
Explored - 30th September 2013
Highest position: #27 on Tuesday, October 1, 2013
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Subject: Moon
Location & Date
Location: Mechelen, Belgium
Date: 2017 07 05
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This waxing gibbous moon turned out to be the perfect opportunity to shoot a moon crosser.
The first twenty-odd aircraft all flew just above or just below the moon. Eventually however, this Airbus showed up at 23:03 local time, flying in an easterly direction and making a perfect crossing.
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Aberkenfig, South Wales
Lat 51.542 N Long 3.593 W
A 27 Pane Mosaic of an 8 day 13h lunar phase.
Imaging Session Commenced 18.01.02 UT
Each pane captured with a Skywatcher 254mm Newtonian, EQ6 Syntrek Mount & ZWO ASI 120MC Astronomical Imaging Camera.
Each pane processed with Registax 6 then stitched with Microsoft Image Composite Editor.
Levels slightly adjusted using G.I.M.P. on final image
Reasonably good seeing conditions for the capture of 1700 frames on each pane, with about 55% used for stacking.
Best viewed using the expansion arrows.
The image shows Earth’s Moon in a waxing gibbous phase, between first quarter and full. More than half of the disk is sunlit, relief is most pronounced along the terminator, where low-angle light highlights craters and mountains. Bright anorthositic highlands (light-colored igneous plutonic rock) contrast with basaltic maria (dark lowlands of the moon - remnants of ancient volcanic flooding). This phase precedes the full moon as the Moon moves toward opposition.
10" Reflector and Canon 500D. North area out of focus slightly as have to hold cam manually in focusser tube.... to many brandies tonight :-) Single shot in jpg too.
Taken with a Skywatcher ED80 Refractor and Olympus E410 at prime focus. Contrast and levels altered to bring out the pale cloud shrouded moon
Three fold drift A longer than required exposure and ICM capture of the moon transitioning across the frame. An interpretation of lunar motion, capturing the moon as if three exposures though there is only one layered by its own movement (and mine 😁) revealing three sequential positions within a single moment. The moon reveals its own pathway — one light becoming many,
fracturing into memory, emergence, and return. The cycle of light in dark continues.
A waxing crescent moon captured after the early spring sunset.
Aberkenfig, South Wales
Lat 51.542 N Long 3.593 W
25 single shot images 1/250s @ ISO 200 obtained with a 254mm Skywatcher Newtonian & Nikon D780 at prime focus.
Images converted to TIFF format then stacked with AutoStakkert! 3.1.4.
Wavelets processed with Registax 6.
Final levels & curves processed with G.I.M.P. & Adobe Lightroom
Best viewed in intermediate expanded mode.
EXIF Note: Error in date & time. I did not enter the correct day or time when I reconfigured some of the settings. I always keep a manual note of my observations to cross reference the digital dates. I only had the camera for a few days around this time. Have a look at my Orion Nebula dated 2022-03-06, that was the first time I tried it out on the night sky with my 254mm Newtonian.
Aberkenfig, South Wales
Lat 51.542 N Long 3.593 W
A 14 Pane Mosaic of a 3 day 3h lunar phase, 9.9% Illumination.
Each pane captured with a Skywatcher 254mm Newtonian, EQ6 Syntrek Mount & ZWO ASI 120MC Astronomical Imaging Camera.
Each pane processed with Registax 6 then stitched with Microsoft Image Composite Editor.
Levels slightly adjusted using G.I.M.P. on final image
Imaging session commenced 20:52:55 UT. Not the best seeing conditions for the capture of 1700 frames on each pane, with about 45% to 50% used for stacking.
Best viewed in intermediate expanded mode.
~ Paul Brandt, from the song There's A World Out There ~
(It's not Photoshopped..)
I have more photos including the moon here: www.flickr.com/photos/ranveig/sets/72157633351553686/
~ George Carlin ~
We walked to the same cliff tonight as I walked to two days ago, only from a beach in the other direction.
When we stood on the top, I commented that it was weird that we couldn't see the moon. It was up early and so beautiful when I was there two days ago. We started walking down, and when I looked back I suddenly saw this king size moon coming up behind the mountains. Awesome! (Stavanger Airport Sola to the left).
And for those who wonder...the moon isn't edited at all.
My album of moon images:
Moon Phase (Lunar Phase) Waxing Gibbous Thursday, October 29, 2020 Canon
Interplanetary Travel
Youtube: Moon Phase (Lunar Phase) Waxing Gibbous "Thursday, October 29, 2020" "Canon" HD 1080p
Camera: Canon EOS Kiss X7i
Photograph by Yusuf Alioglu
Location: Outer space (space)
The April 2021 "Pink" Supermoon
Aberkenfig, South Wales
Lat 51.542 N Long 3.593 W
32 single shot RAW images 1/650s @ ISO 200 obtained with an f/4.7 254mm Skywatcher Newtonian & Olympus E410 at prime focus.
Images converted to TIFF format then 17 of them stacked with AutoStakkert! 3.1.4.
Wavelets processed with Registax 6.
Final processing with G.I.M.P. to adjust contrast and levels.
Lunar south uppermost.
Aberkenfig, South Wales
Lat 51.542 N Long 3.593 W
An alternative to a mosaic. A fairly good outcome. The seeing conditions were reasonably good when the images were captured.
20 single shot RAW images 1/320s @ ISO 200 obtained with a 254mm Skywatcher Newtonian & Olympus E410 at prime focus.
Images converted to TIFF format then stacked with AutoStakkert! 3.1.4.
Wavelets processed with Registax 6.
Final levels & curves processed with G.I.M.P.
Best viewed in intermediate expanded mode.
Aberkenfig, South Wales
Lat 51.542 N Long 3.593 W
16 single shot RAW images 1/400s @ ISO 200 obtained with a 254mm Skywatcher Newtonian & Olympus E410 at prime focus.
Images converted to TIFF format then stacked with AutoStakkert! 3.1.4.
Wavelets processed with Registax 6.
Final processing with G.I.M.P.
Lunar south uppermost.
Moon as viewed from Earth 🌔
Interplanetary Travel
Youtube: August 1, 2020 Waxing Gibbous Moon ᴴᴰ 🌔 (Lunar Phase) Moon as viewed from Earth
Camera: Canon EOS Kiss X7i
Photograph by Yusuf Alioglu
Location: Outer space (space)