The New Moon officially fell on Wednesday but was aligned too closely with the Sun to photograph. Thursday was a bit wet and cloudy, but Friday!
(Click on image to zoom for full detail)
Taken @ 5:33 pm, 5 Jul 2019, just a few minutes after sunset. The sky was still blue but with so little light being dispersed down to me and with a high zoom lens the background is somewhat darker than seen with the naked eye. 🙂
The far side of the Moon would be almost completely lit by the Sun, with it being positioned just a few degrees away from a direct line between us and the Sun. As we will get to see more of the Moon in full sunlight for the next 12 days what we are looking at here is ‘Morning’ on the Moon in Evening on the Earth! 🙂
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Ahh.. well spotted that man! 😉
Now it does! Many thanks, Derrick. 🙂
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The darker colour works really well sir.
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Thank you! 🙂
As Derrick pointed out the enlargement feature was not working when you looked – i’ve fixed it!
It is incredible that we can see the geography of another object in our solar system so clearly from our vantage point on this little blue marble in space.
The large grey ‘crater’ at the bottom of photo is the Mare Crisium – Sea of Crises. I thought you could relate? 😉
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I remember looking at that crater when my 3.5 inch refractor was in better condition.
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That was in between the rain clouds, i assume? 😉
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Those breaks do happen. We are scheduled another one in 2034.
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A beautiful shot!
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Thank you! – this was the best i have taken of such a ‘slim’ moon. (in daylight) 🙂
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[…] few minutes after sunset. The sky was bright blue and the moon a little higher in the sky than the last time so more of the blueness can be seen by the zoom. […]
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