This is a general guide to iPhone camera settings when taking pictures of the Moon. It covers recommended settings at each Moon phase.
Tag: Moon
53% Waxing Gibbous Moon, April 2024
I 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.
43% Waxing Crescent Moon, April 2024
More testing and trials of my new Celestron 9.25″ telescope, this time against the 43% illuminated Crescent Moon.
New Telescope! Tested on the 23% Moon
This 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.
Life After Eclipse: 2% Waxing Crescent Moon
In 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.
The “Hollywood Moon” Revisited: Two Examples
The 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+.
Last Call of 2023: 89.5% Waning Gibbous Moon
I 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!
~99% Waning Gibbous Moon, Last of 2023
This 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.
Christmas Eve 93% Waxing Gibbous Moon, 2023
This being Christmas, I decided to have a little seasonal fun with today’s image. I previously captured an airplane and geese flying near or through my view of the Moon. Is it so difficult to believe that Santa Claus himself could make a cameo on this of all nights?
The Closest of the Bright Objects
In all the years I have photographed the Moon and Venus together, this is likely the closest I have ever seen them in the sky.