Gradually Increasing Moon
The Moon shone bright, even as a crescent, which blocked most of the South sky from deep sky observing.
The Moon shone bright, even as a crescent, which blocked most of the South sky from deep sky observing.
Since my last post on January’s eclipse, I have observed the night sky when opportunity presented itself.
Wonderful stargazing weather. That is how I describe last night, though I am sure some would disagree because it was a little chill.
I would like to say that today’s image was made possible from careful planning and thoughtful execution.
A nearly Full Moon was on clear display tonight, lighting up a pleasantly mild July evening.
We’re about a month from the last rendezvous of the Moon and Venus.
I don’t always photograph the Moon in broad daylight. But when I do, I try to include a former world’s tallest building, for perspective.
If you look closely above and to the left of the Moon, you can see stars. They were not visible to me at the time I took this picture.
Just one problem, though – the Moon was approaching Full and washed much of the sky out. So I settled for looking at the Moon, mostly.
The Moon is now significant higher than Venus after Sunset, and fuller. So I took my digital camera and tripod outside to take the above picture.