When is the Moon fully Full?
When is the Moon truly full? If you look at my image above from last night, taken with my digital camera, you may believe this is a Full Moon.
When is the Moon truly full? If you look at my image above from last night, taken with my digital camera, you may believe this is a Full Moon.
The Moon, but not the Moon. Quickly I detached my smartphone from its mount and took several pictures of the phenomenon.
With that telescope, this eyepiece setup magnifies about 333 times!
“Ok. Just make sure you produce something fantastic worth both our time.”
“Ok, deal, but you’re cooking dinner tonight.”
Farmers and early risers will disagree, but I think of the Moon’s waning phases as backwards.
This was taken with my smartphone, proving again that these devices have some marginal value beyond looking at pictures of Cheerios.
About 90 minutes before sunset the Moon’s crescent stood out in front of a paling blue sky through wisping clouds overhead.
Here is a tip for checking camera settings on an image. Most newer cameras should store these settings as part of the image file’s metadata.
The Memorial Day weekend provided a few good nights of clear or mostly clear skies.