53% Waxing Gibbous Moon, July 2025
By my reckoning, this is at least the second time I have photographed the 53% waxing Moon. Compare tonight’s image with my 2024 version and let me know if you see the difference!
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By my reckoning, this is at least the second time I have photographed the 53% waxing Moon. Compare tonight’s image with my 2024 version and let me know if you see the difference!
Read MoreIt’s not that I have not been looking up, only though that I have failed to write blog articles on the experiences. With this, hopefully I am back and ready to write once again!
Read MoreThis is a general guide to iPhone camera settings when taking pictures of the Moon. It covers recommended settings at each Moon phase.
Read MoreI was able to photograph the Moon on back-to-back days this April. You can compare the 43% Moon to the 53% version 24 hours later.
Read MoreMore testing and trials of my new Celestron 9.25″ telescope, this time against the 43% illuminated Crescent Moon.
Read MoreThis image of the 23% Waxing Crescent Moon is the first taken and posted with my new telescope, a Celestron NexStar Evolution 9.25″ Schmidt-Cassegrain. Optics worked perfectly, and auto-tracking was flawless.
Read MoreIn case you have not heard, there was a solar eclipse earlier this week. But on the day after, the Moon started its next cycle, and I captured this extremely thin and jagged crescent.
Read MoreThe oversized Moon has been used frequently in film and television. Here I show two recent examples of artistic Lunar photography, one good and one bad, from shows on MGM+.
Read MoreI was not planning on another Moon photo session this year, but being the weekend with an ultra clear sky, I did not want to pass this opportunity up.
If I do not write again Anno Domini Two Thousand and Twenty-Three, I hope you, dear reader, have a good weekend and turn toward the next calendar, and please be ready for more blog articles in 2024!
Read MoreThis one is not exactly a Full Moon, but it is close, on the other side of true Full. And it is likely the last Moon I will photograph for 2024 unless some ideal conditions open up.
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