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$The Full Moon rising on December 22, 2018, the day after the winter solstice, in a perfectly clear sky and over the distant horizon to the northeast over the snow-covered prairie. Some cows are grazing at left! The top edge of the Moon has a green rim and the bottom edge a red rim, from atmospheric refraction. But it made for a Christmas-coloured Moon ornament on the horizon! The dark lunar mare and even the bright rays splashing from Tycho at bottom are visible.$

13898326 - The Full Moon rising on December 22, 2018, the day after the winter solstice, in a perfectly clear sky and over the distant horizon to the northeast over the snow-covered prairie. Some cows are grazing at left! The top edge of the Moon has a green rim and the bottom edge a red rim, from atmospheric refraction. But it made for a Christmas-coloured Moon ornament on the horizon! The dark lunar mare and even the bright rays splashing from Tycho at bottom are visible.

$Waning Moon series, Aug 2005. Canon 20Da, with Astro-Physics 5-inch refractor and 2x barlow at f/12. Taken from RAW frames, plus Noise Ninja applied.$

13898007 - Waning Moon series, Aug 2005. Canon 20Da, with Astro-Physics 5-inch refractor and 2x barlow at f/12. Taken from RAW frames, plus Noise Ninja applied.

The waxing crescent Moon above the pairing of Mercury (highest) and Venus (lowest) at lower right in the evening twilight on Christmas Day, 2022.

13897969 - The waxing crescent Moon above the pairing of Mercury (highest) and Venus (lowest) at lower right in the evening twilight on Christmas Day, 2022.

The 13.7-day-old Moon (a day before Full) with the south polar region tipped toward us in a favourable libration for viewing the southern regions and features. This was April 6, 2020. The large crater, Bailly, is on the southern limb, better seen here than at most similar phases, due to the favourable southern libration.

13897656 - The 13.7-day-old Moon (a day before Full) with the south polar region tipped toward us in a favourable libration for viewing the southern regions and features. This was April 6, 2020. The large crater, Bailly, is on the southern limb, better seen here than at most similar phases, due to the favourable southern libration.

13897641 - Moon over the Submarine, an eroded sandstone formation in Ischigualasto Provincial Park, San Juan Province, Argentina.

13880294 - Dubai, Uaedetail Of The Burj Khalifa With Moon Rising Behind

First light on the Temple of the Inscriptions with the moon in the ruins of the Mayan city of Palenque, Palenque National Park, Chiapas, Mexico. A UNESCO World Heritage Site.

13845904 - First light on the Temple of the Inscriptions with the moon in the ruins of the Mayan city of Palenque, Palenque National Park, Chiapas, Mexico. A UNESCO World Heritage Site.

13828376 - Natterjack toad (Epidalea calamita) with moon in background, Spain

13828369 - Wood mouse (Apodemus sylvaticus) on window with moon in background, Spain

13828343 - Portrait of a Common pipistrelle (Pipistrellus pipistrellus) at night with the moon behind

13828330 - Portrait of a Common pipistrelle (Pipistrellus pipistrellus) at night with the moon behind

13828284 - Barn owl (Tyto alba) with red moon in background, Spain

An ice crystal halo around the waxing gibbous Moon set in the winter stars of a January night. The 22° halo is most obvious and with a reddish and sharper inner rim.,and a bluish and more diffuse outer edge. But a faint inner 8° halo is also visible,a rare halo sometimes called the Van Buijsen Halo (according to Lynch and Livingston in their book Color and Light in Nature; Minnaert also mentions it in his seminal book The Nature of Color and Light in the Open Air). It is not a lens flare as shots taken with the Moon well off to one side of the frame still show the inner halo centred on the Moo

13999436 - An ice crystal halo around the waxing gibbous Moon set in the winter stars of a January night. The 22° halo is most obvious and with a reddish and sharper inner rim.,and a bluish and more diffuse outer edge. But a faint inner 8° halo is also visible,a rare halo sometimes called the Van Buijsen Halo (according to Lynch and Livingston in their book Color and Light in Nature; Minnaert also mentions it in his seminal book The Nature of Color and Light in the Open Air). It is not a lens flare as shots taken with the Moon well off to one side of the frame still show the inner halo centred on the Moo

A selfie of me observing Mars,the bright reddish star at top,from home on January 4,2023,with Mars then still bright a month after opposition. The waxing gibbous Moon is the bright object at left. The Pleiades are above Mars; the Hyades and Aldebaran are below Mars. Orion and Sirius are rising in the background below. The telescope is the Starfield Optics Gear115 on the Astro-Physics Mach1 mount.

13998662 - A selfie of me observing Mars,the bright reddish star at top,from home on January 4,2023,with Mars then still bright a month after opposition. The waxing gibbous Moon is the bright object at left. The Pleiades are above Mars; the Hyades and Aldebaran are below Mars. Orion and Sirius are rising in the background below. The telescope is the Starfield Optics Gear115 on the Astro-Physics Mach1 mount.

$The conjunction of the waxing 4-day-old crescent Moon below the Pleiades,and set in a slightly hazy sky on March 25,2023. The haze adds the colourful "lunar corona" halo around the bright crescent of the Moon from diffraction effects in the high icy clouds. Shot before the sky got dark,the remaining twilight adds the blue to the background sky. Earthshine is visible on the dark side of the Moon.$

13998604 - The conjunction of the waxing 4-day-old crescent Moon below the Pleiades,and set in a slightly hazy sky on March 25,2023. The haze adds the colourful "lunar corona" halo around the bright crescent of the Moon from diffraction effects in the high icy clouds. Shot before the sky got dark,the remaining twilight adds the blue to the background sky. Earthshine is visible on the dark side of the Moon.

This is a composite of the October 14,2023 annular solar eclipse at second contact. It illustrates the irregular edge of the Moon breaking up the rim of sunlight as the dark disk of the Moon became tangent to the inner edge of the Sun at second contact at the start of annularity. This is a blend of fifteen exposures taken over 20 seconds at second contact.

13998429 - This is a composite of the October 14,2023 annular solar eclipse at second contact. It illustrates the irregular edge of the Moon breaking up the rim of sunlight as the dark disk of the Moon became tangent to the inner edge of the Sun at second contact at the start of annularity. This is a blend of fifteen exposures taken over 20 seconds at second contact.

13900511 - Moon over the Submarine, an eroded sandstone formation in Ischigualasto Provincial Park, San Juan Province, Argentina.

The waxing crescent Moon two days after New low in a smoky sky setting over the Badlands of Dinosaur Provincial Park, Alberta, Canada. This was June 30, 2022. Despite the hazy skies, the twilight colours show up well in the sky. The glow of Earthshine shows up slightly on the night side of the Moon.

13900484 - The waxing crescent Moon two days after New low in a smoky sky setting over the Badlands of Dinosaur Provincial Park, Alberta, Canada. This was June 30, 2022. Despite the hazy skies, the twilight colours show up well in the sky. The glow of Earthshine shows up slightly on the night side of the Moon.

13900219 - The moon over colorful red sandstone cliffs at sunset in Ischigualasto Provincial Park, San Juan Province, Argentina.

The close conjunction of the waxing crescent Moon near Venus in the evening sky, from the Storm Mountain viewpoint on the Bow Valley Parkway in Banff National Park, Alberta, on July 15, 2018. The mountains to the west define the Continental Divide. The Bow River and the CPR tracks wind off into the distance.

13899836 - The close conjunction of the waxing crescent Moon near Venus in the evening sky, from the Storm Mountain viewpoint on the Bow Valley Parkway in Banff National Park, Alberta, on July 15, 2018. The mountains to the west define the Continental Divide. The Bow River and the CPR tracks wind off into the distance.

13899808 - Moon over the Submarine, an eroded sandstone formation in Ischigualasto Provincial Park, San Juan Province, Argentina.

The 6.5-day-old Moon (approximately) with the Lunar X (below centre) and V (above centre) formations well lit on the terminator. This phase has an incredible amount of detail and variety of features visible along the terminator.

13899347 - The 6.5-day-old Moon (approximately) with the Lunar X (below centre) and V (above centre) formations well lit on the terminator. This phase has an incredible amount of detail and variety of features visible along the terminator.

The 4-day-old waxing crescent Moon (more like the 3.5-day Moon) on April 8, 2019 exposed for just the bright sunlit crescent, revealing details along the terminator.

13898958 - The 4-day-old waxing crescent Moon (more like the 3.5-day Moon) on April 8, 2019 exposed for just the bright sunlit crescent, revealing details along the terminator.

13898690 - The moon over colorful red sandstone cliffs at sunset in Ischigualasto Provincial Park, San Juan Province, Argentina.

A panorama of the 8-day-old first quarter Moon on March 14, 2019, showing the full disk and extent of incredible detail along the terminator, the dividing line between the day and night sides of the Moon where the Sun is rising as seen from the surface of the Moon.

13898397 - A panorama of the 8-day-old first quarter Moon on March 14, 2019, showing the full disk and extent of incredible detail along the terminator, the dividing line between the day and night sides of the Moon where the Sun is rising as seen from the surface of the Moon.

A nightscape photographer from one of my workshops, shooting in the moonlight at Red Rock Canyon, in Waterton Lakes National Park, Alberta. Clouds partly obscure the gibbous Moon but add a colourful iridescent corona around the Moon, which is reflected in the Red Rock Canyon Creek. This is an HDR stack of 5 exposures with the 14mm lens and Canon 6D, to preserve detail in the bright clouds and the disk of the Moon, and in the dark shadows.

13897887 - A nightscape photographer from one of my workshops, shooting in the moonlight at Red Rock Canyon, in Waterton Lakes National Park, Alberta. Clouds partly obscure the gibbous Moon but add a colourful iridescent corona around the Moon, which is reflected in the Red Rock Canyon Creek. This is an HDR stack of 5 exposures with the 14mm lens and Canon 6D, to preserve detail in the bright clouds and the disk of the Moon, and in the dark shadows.

A panorama of the 9-day-old gibbous Moon on March 15, 2019, showing the full disk and extent of incredible detail along the terminator, the dividing line between the day and night sides of the Moon where the Sun is rising as seen from the surface of the Moon.

13897614 - A panorama of the 9-day-old gibbous Moon on March 15, 2019, showing the full disk and extent of incredible detail along the terminator, the dividing line between the day and night sides of the Moon where the Sun is rising as seen from the surface of the Moon.

The waxing 3-day-old Moon in twilight with Earthshine on the dark side of the Moon. Note the “Baily’s Beads” of bright peaks catching the morning sunlight around the lunar south pole.

13897529 - The waxing 3-day-old Moon in twilight with Earthshine on the dark side of the Moon. Note the “Baily’s Beads” of bright peaks catching the morning sunlight around the lunar south pole.

A panorama of the 7-day-old first quarter Moon on March 13, 2019, showing the full disk and extent of incredible detail along the terminator, the dividing line between the day and night sides of the Moon where the Sun is rising as seen from the surface of the Moon. Note the tiny points of light at the centres of some of the craters (particularly Alphonsus and Arzachel below centre) in the Southern Highlands from sunlight just catching the central peaks of those craters. At top in the north the slash of the Alpine Valley is obvious as well as the curve of the Apennine Mountains.

13897428 - A panorama of the 7-day-old first quarter Moon on March 13, 2019, showing the full disk and extent of incredible detail along the terminator, the dividing line between the day and night sides of the Moon where the Sun is rising as seen from the surface of the Moon. Note the tiny points of light at the centres of some of the craters (particularly Alphonsus and Arzachel below centre) in the Southern Highlands from sunlight just catching the central peaks of those craters. At top in the north the slash of the Alpine Valley is obvious as well as the curve of the Apennine Mountains.

13897394 - Moon over the Hongo or Mushroom, an eroded geologic formation in Ischigualasto Provincial Park, San Juan, Argentina.

13878500 - Crescent Moon Setting Behind Silhouette Of Lewes Castle, Lewes, East Sussex, Uk

Backpacking camper in Lostine River valley meadow with moon rising over Eagle Cap mountain; Eagle Cap Wilderness, Wallowa Mountains, Oregon.

13845719 - Backpacking camper in Lostine River valley meadow with moon rising over Eagle Cap mountain; Eagle Cap Wilderness, Wallowa Mountains, Oregon.

13834674 - A baobab tree at twilight under a full moon. Botswana

13829489 - A common frog - rena temporaria - among frog spawn at night. The moon and tower blocks are visible in the background. Glasgow, Scotland.

13828391 - Night portrait of Red fox (Vulpes vulpes) jumping at night, with silhouette reflected and a big red moon in the sky

13828371 - Wood mice (Apodemus sylvaticus) on window with moon in background, Spain

13828339 - Serotine bat (Eptesicus serotinus) flying at night with moon in background, Spain

13828324 - Portrait of a Common pipistrelle (Pipistrellus pipistrellus) at night with the moon behind

13828315 - Little Owl (Athene noctua) and moon, Spain

13828272 - Barn owl (Tyto alba) with moon in background, Spain

13828257 - Common Crane (Grus grus) group flying at sunrise with moon in background, Spain

13828219 - Conehead mantis (Empusa pennata) with moon in background, Spain

13810031 - USA, Alaska. Green moon glow anemone and blue mussels in a tide pool.

13791716 - Moon Over The Golden Rooftop Of The Utse At Samye Monastery

The October 14,2023 annular solar eclipse,in a single image captured at second contact with the Moon tangent to the inside limb of the Sun,at 10:27 am MDT at the site I used. This site was the Ruby's Inn Overlook on the rim of Bryce Canyon,Utah,a site well south of the centreline,with 3m03s of annularity. This was shot at the start of annularity.

13999111 - The October 14,2023 annular solar eclipse,in a single image captured at second contact with the Moon tangent to the inside limb of the Sun,at 10:27 am MDT at the site I used. This site was the Ruby's Inn Overlook on the rim of Bryce Canyon,Utah,a site well south of the centreline,with 3m03s of annularity. This was shot at the start of annularity.

The waxing 3-day-old crescent Moon above Venus on July 20,2023 amid the colours of a late evening summer sunset. The Moon was 8° above Venus this night,so not a close conjunction. Venus is also a thin crescent but at this scale the phase of Venus is not obvious.

13998736 - The waxing 3-day-old crescent Moon above Venus on July 20,2023 amid the colours of a late evening summer sunset. The Moon was 8° above Venus this night,so not a close conjunction. Venus is also a thin crescent but at this scale the phase of Venus is not obvious.

A scene of the crescent Moon with Earthshine,planets and the last of the winter stars in the evening twilight,with a thunderstorm and lightning bolts added for a bonus,over the prairie lake near home,the Crawling Valley Reservoir. This was May 22,2023.

13998461 - A scene of the crescent Moon with Earthshine,planets and the last of the winter stars in the evening twilight,with a thunderstorm and lightning bolts added for a bonus,over the prairie lake near home,the Crawling Valley Reservoir. This was May 22,2023.

13998306 - The moon and eroded sandstone formations in Kodachrome Basin State Park in Utah.

13998285 - An ice crystal halo around the waxing gibbous Moon set in the winter stars of a January night. The 22° halo is most obvious and with a reddish and sharply defined inner rim and a bluish and more diffuse outer edge. But a faint 8° halo is also visible,a rare halo sometimes called the Van Buijsen Halo (according to Lynch and Livingston in their book Color and Light in Nature; Minnaert also mentions it in his seminal book The Nature of Color and Light in the Open Air). It is not a lens flare as shots taken with the Moon well off to one side of the frame still show the inner halo centred on the Mo

13899663 - The 6.5-day-old Moon (approximately) with the Lunar X (below centre) and V (above centre) formations well lit on the terminator. This phase has an incredible amount of detail and variety of features visible along the terminator.

The two-day-old waxing crescent Moon with Earthshine, above Mercury at right, then 4 days past its greatest elongation from the Sun, in the evening sky of May 2, 2022. The star Aldebaran is at left, and below Mercury to the right is the Pleiades, just visible in the twilight and thin clouds.

13898842 - The two-day-old waxing crescent Moon with Earthshine, above Mercury at right, then 4 days past its greatest elongation from the Sun, in the evening sky of May 2, 2022. The star Aldebaran is at left, and below Mercury to the right is the Pleiades, just visible in the twilight and thin clouds.

Orion at right, rising into the dawn sky on an August morning at Grasslands National Park, Saskatchewan, August 26, 2019. The waning crescent Moon is bright in the clouds at left. Castor and Pollux in Gemini are at left of the tree,; Procyon is rising to the right of the tree. Taken from the Two Trees Road — this is one of the trees!

13898354 - Orion at right, rising into the dawn sky on an August morning at Grasslands National Park, Saskatchewan, August 26, 2019. The waning crescent Moon is bright in the clouds at left. Castor and Pollux in Gemini are at left of the tree,; Procyon is rising to the right of the tree. Taken from the Two Trees Road — this is one of the trees!

A mosaic of the 11-day-old gibbous Moon, on March 17, 2019, showing the full disk and extent of incredible detail along the terminator, the dividing line between the day and night sides of the Moon where the Sun is rising as seen from the surface of the Moon.

13898050 - A mosaic of the 11-day-old gibbous Moon, on March 17, 2019, showing the full disk and extent of incredible detail along the terminator, the dividing line between the day and night sides of the Moon where the Sun is rising as seen from the surface of the Moon.

The Moon in mid-total eclipse, on January 20, 2019, with it shining beside the Beehive star cluster, Messier 44, in Cancer. This was the unique sight at this eclipse as it can happen only during total lunar eclipses that occur in late January. There was one on January 31, 2018 but the next will not be until 2037.

13897908 - The Moon in mid-total eclipse, on January 20, 2019, with it shining beside the Beehive star cluster, Messier 44, in Cancer. This was the unique sight at this eclipse as it can happen only during total lunar eclipses that occur in late January. There was one on January 31, 2018 but the next will not be until 2037.

This is the line-up of planets across the southwestern sky on December 6, 2021, consisting of (L to R): Jupiter, Saturn and Venus, with the 2.5-day-old waxing crescent Moon in conjunction below Venus. The Moon had eclipsed the Sun two days before on December 4, when it was on the ecliptic. Two days later it was below the ecliptic line. Jupiter and Saturn are in Capricornus, with its stars all visible here in the evening twilight. The three planets are nicely equally spaced. Such an array makes the ecliptic line visible.

13897791 - This is the line-up of planets across the southwestern sky on December 6, 2021, consisting of (L to R): Jupiter, Saturn and Venus, with the 2.5-day-old waxing crescent Moon in conjunction below Venus. The Moon had eclipsed the Sun two days before on December 4, when it was on the ecliptic. Two days later it was below the ecliptic line. Jupiter and Saturn are in Capricornus, with its stars all visible here in the evening twilight. The three planets are nicely equally spaced. Such an array makes the ecliptic line visible.

13886859 - Moon Set Over Rock Formations At Low Tide, Bandon Beach; Oregon, United States Of America

13848581 - Moon over the ski resort town of Levi in the Arctic Circle in Finnish Lapland, Finland

13847347 - Under the moon in Isalo National Park, Ihorombe Region, Southwest Madagascar

13828373 - Moorish Wall Gecko (Tarentola mauritanica) with moon in background, Spain

13828372 - European rhinoceros beetles (Oryctes nasicornis) with moon in background, Spain

13828340 - Serotine bat (Eptesicus serotinus) flying at night with moon in background, Spain

13828322 - Portrait of a Common pipistrelle (Pipistrellus pipistrellus) at night with the moon behind

13828283 - Barn owl (Tyto alba) with moon in background, Spain

13828277 - Night portrait of a Barn owl (Tyto alba) with the moon behind, Salamanca, Castilla y Leon, Spain

13828182 - Snail (Helix pomatia) with moon in background, Spain

13828149 - Eurasian Scops Owl (Otus scops). Adult flying at night with prey and moon in view. Salamanca, Castilla y León, Spain

13776772 - Large wind turbines and a flowering canola field with blue sky and the moon, East of Pincher Creek; Alberta, Canada

13893322 - Overview of Rock Formation and Full Moon, Monument Valley, Arizona, USA

13777440 - Full Moon in Aluvlei, Namib-Naukluft National Park; Namibia

13777436 - Full Moon in Aluvlei, Namib-Naukluft National Park; Namibia

13775405 - A Glowing Full Harvest Moon Over The Silhouette Of A Skyline Of Buildings; Whitburn, Tyne And Wear, England

13883953 - Quiver trees (Aloidendron dichotomum) and the moon before dawn in the Quiver Tree Forest, near Keetmanshoop; ?Karas Region, Namibia

13883368 - The moon over rock formations along the El Matador State Beach at night; Malibu, California, United States of America

13885797 - Moon in the clear sky above Wat Arun or Temple of the Dawn; Bangkok, Thailand

13883369 - The moon over rock formations along the El Matador State Beach at night; Malibu, California, United States of America

13774859 - Weddell Seal (Leptonychotes Weddellii); Half Moon Island, South Shetlands, Antarctica

Closer view of the Tibetan Buddhist Lamayuru Monastery on a clifftop at sunset in Lamayouro of the Leh District in the Ladakh Region, with the moon appearing in the blue sky; Jammu and Kashmir, India

13884918 - Closer view of the Tibetan Buddhist Lamayuru Monastery on a clifftop at sunset in Lamayouro of the Leh District in the Ladakh Region, with the moon appearing in the blue sky; Jammu and Kashmir, India

13882459 - Sonoran desert at twilight with saguaro cacti and crescent moon.

13810871 - USA, Colorado. Full moon phases in total lunar eclipse

13795028 - Moon Valley; San Pedro De Atacama, Antofagasta Region, Chile

13774860 - Weddell Seal (Leptonychotes Weddellii); Half Moon Island, South Shetlands, Antarctica

13893323 - Overview of Rock Formations and Landscape at Sunrise with Full Moon, Monument Valley, UT, USA

13884539 - The moon rises from behind the distant hills in Uzbekistan's Boysuntov Range.; Uzbekistan.

13774551 - Orthodox Church With Bell And A Moon High In The Sky At Dusk; Oia, Santorini, Greece

13883239 - The full moon rising in Zion National Park.

13882543 - Full moon-rise at twilight with trees on the plains.

13781693 - Moon Over Mountains, Mount Dachstein, Austria

13777439 - Full Moon in Aluvlei, Namib-Naukluft National Park; Namibia

13776992 - Black night sky and full moon glowing white; Binh Lap, Vietnam

71422714 - Autumn, Moon Bridge, Portland Japanese Garden, Portland, Oregon, Usa

71422404 - Half Moon Bay, California, cliffs off of the Ritz Golf Course with waves sand at Half Moon Bay Golf Links

71422403 - Half Moon Bay, California, cliffs off of the Ritz Golf Course with waves sand at Half Moon Bay Golf Links

$France, Doubs, Swiss border, bird, Chaffinch (Fringilla montifringilla) regrouping in dormitory for the night, moon and long haul plane in the background, flying concentrate\n$

13932619 - France, Doubs, Swiss border, bird, Chaffinch (Fringilla montifringilla) regrouping in dormitory for the night, moon and long haul plane in the background, flying concentrate\n

$France, Doubs, Swiss border, bird, Chaffinch (Fringilla montifringilla) gathering in dormitory for the night, moon in the background, flying concentrate\n$

13931302 - France, Doubs, Swiss border, bird, Chaffinch (Fringilla montifringilla) gathering in dormitory for the night, moon in the background, flying concentrate\n

13828956 - USA, Utah: the full moon shining in Arches National Park

A peak illuminated from the red light of sunset with full moon just over in the sky during winter. Rocca mount, Valdidentro, Lombardy, ALps, Italy, Europe.

13822949 - A peak illuminated from the red light of sunset with full moon just over in the sky during winter. Rocca mount, Valdidentro, Lombardy, ALps, Italy, Europe.

Disgrazia Mount and villages in a night with full moon, Piazzola alp, Castello dell'Acqua, Sondrio Province, Valtellina, Lombardy, Italy, Europe

13819240 - Disgrazia Mount and villages in a night with full moon, Piazzola alp, Castello dell'Acqua, Sondrio Province, Valtellina, Lombardy, Italy, Europe

$France, Doubs, full moon\n$

13932693 - France, Doubs, full moon\n

$France, Doubs, leafless tree on full moon background\n$

13931672 - France, Doubs, leafless tree on full moon background\n