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Solo Moon on November 8th, 2021

Continuing the daily series this week of evening astrophotography sessions, tonight I focused completely on the Moon.

As promised, the Moon has appeared to creep closer to Venus.

This is a rare view of the Moon. Looking through my archives, the only time I photographed a similar phase was after the 2017 Solar Eclipse.

I intentionally rerouted my evening walk so I could get a better perspective on both the Moon and Venus.

August 16, 2021 Paul 972 Views 0 Comments DSLR, Moon

On a side note, I missed the Perseid meteors this year as the sky was bad most of last week.

My primary target for the evening was the Moon, still in Crescent Phase.

October 1, 2020 Paul 857 Views 0 Comments DSLR, Moon

Clear and cold on the final night of September, the Moon was incredibly bright, with strengthening Mars following just to the East.

August 9, 2020 Paul 1051 Views 0 Comments DSLR, Mars, Moon

This was the closest I’ve seen a planet to the Moon in the few years of this blog.

July 25, 2020 Paul 888 Views 0 Comments Moon

Its early crescent was already low when dark fully settled, trapped within my western treeline.

June 25, 2020 Paul 1051 Views 0 Comments DSLR, Moon

Today’s story begins on the prior night, when the Moon was an even thinner crescent.