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Bright, Clear Moon, July 2022, Plus Missing the ISS

After a week of bad cloudy skies, today was clear, a wonderful opportunity to observe and photograph the very bright 75% illuminated Moon.

Today’s image is from a few days ago, when I attempted to capture prairie cloud shadows. I was only partially successful.

My prior article featured a wide sky view of the early Moon, one of two camera setups. This article’s Moon image is from the latter setup.

Welcome to July. Tonight’s sky observation presented a remarkably clear view of the 5% illuminated Moon about a half hour after Sunset.

I once thought of the dwindling daylight as depressing and bad. But now, I look forward to observing the earlier darkening sky.

I stayed up to 3 a.m. to see the Moon as well as planets Saturn, Jupiter, Mars, and Venus. Mercury, starting to rise, was obstructed by trees.

Want to learn how to take stunning photographs of the Moon? This article is for you! Here is my step-by-step guide to image the Moon like I do.

Some days are too opportune to pass on taking them in, and today was one of them. Here are a couple of pictures from my walk.

I was fortunate these past nights to have nearly identical/ideal conditions for sky observation. Last night the Moon was at 9%; tonight was 15%.

Usually I attempt to center my Moon images, but tonight I felt it better to off center and magnify, to accentuate the limited surface area.