
Waning Moon and Clouds
Starlog August 21st, 2019, 06:57 a.m. local time
There was a brief break in cloud cover over the past day, enough to reveal the Waning Moon this morning. I took the above picture with the NightCap app on my iPhone, and did some very minor editing in PaintShop Pro.
This picture finally reveals the details of the Moon I have been looking for through the unaided iPhone camera. I had the ISO down to 24 and exposure at 1/500s. Here is a closeup:

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