Archive 2019 · Not a Lunar Eclipse, just a Gibbous Moon

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p.1 #1 · p.1 #1 · Not a Lunar Eclipse, just a Gibbous Moon

A gibbous moon is defined as between a half and full moon. And frankly I prefer photographing it that way because it brings out surface texture of craters, etc. The prominent crater at the bottom left is Tycho crater (85m in diameter and over 15,700 ft deep). Can you imagine the size of an asteroid impacting this crater?

The middle dark area on the right is Mare Tranquilitatis (Sea of Tranquility) where the first American lunar landing touched down.

Jan 25, 2019 at 12:36 AM

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p.1 #2 · p.1 #2 · Not a Lunar Eclipse, just a Gibbous Moon

Nice catch in moderate clarity

Jan 25, 2019 at 06:25 AM

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p.1 #3 · p.1 #3 · Not a Lunar Eclipse, just a Gibbous Moon

Good, well defined texture. Nice shot.

Jan 25, 2019 at 08:19 AM

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p.1 #4 · p.1 #4 · Not a Lunar Eclipse, just a Gibbous Moon

Thanks junglialoh and Ken. Comment appreciated.

Jan 27, 2019 at 12:01 AM

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p.1 #5 · p.1 #5 · Not a Lunar Eclipse, just a Gibbous Moon

Lovely detail. When I zoomed in, I could see the American Flag blowing in the wind next to the descent stage of the LEM :-}

Morris

Jan 27, 2019 at 11:46 AM

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p.1 #6 · p.1 #6 · Not a Lunar Eclipse, just a Gibbous Moon

Thanks Morris. Medicine Man has a nice moon shot (using his SkyTracker) in his Flickr gallery.

Jan 29, 2019 at 02:15 AM

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p.1 #7 · p.1 #7 · Not a Lunar Eclipse, just a Gibbous Moon

I never tire of sharp moon images! So amazing!

Jan 29, 2019 at 04:10 PM

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p.1 #8 · p.1 #8 · Not a Lunar Eclipse, just a Gibbous Moon

Thanks Mark. Imagine what one can do with one of those lunar tracking devices.

Jan 29, 2019 at 05:01 PM


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