As we walked along in the early morning dawn, I got the strange feeling that we were being watched. Then a great eye in they sky came into view with the Moon at its center. So, it seemed that we had been tricked, and a bit startled, by a grinning moon that almost seemed toContinue reading “Misty Morning Moon”
Tag Archives: Moon
Path of the Sun
As the sun set to the right of this photo, a thin crescent moon and Venus peeked through gaps in the clouds and traced the path of the ecliptic that the sun will be following on its way to winter. #sunset #venus #moon #sun #winter #ecliptic
Monsoon Moon
Yesterday the waning gibbous moon glanced briefly through the stormy clouds of a stationary front. It brought hopes for rain that was so needed and has been so elusive. Today, thunder and lightning preceded the dawn; it’s wet outside with more rain on its way, finally. #moon #stormclouds #rain
Little Big Moon
Early one morning the Moon showed its mountains, volcanoes, craters, and cracks through my backyard telescope in great detail. Later I turned the scope towards Saturn, which was about 10 degrees ahead of the moon, and inserted its photo in the image above for comparison. Both are at the same magnification. Saturn shows its famousContinue reading “Little Big Moon”
Daytime Occultation of Venus
Wednesday, June 17, 2026, the Moon passed from right to left in front of Venus during the daytime. The right photo shows Venus to the left of the approaching Moon, and the left photo shows Venus to the right of the departing Moon. It is hidden behind the Moon on the central image. The lastContinue reading “Daytime Occultation of Venus”
Earthshine
This morning’s thin crescent moon held “the old moon in the new moon’s arms” as earthshine illuminated the darker portion of the moon. On the moon, the earth appeared as a shining blue and white globe four times as large and many times as bright as the full moon as seen from earth. #moon #crescentContinue reading “Earthshine”
Sibling Synergy
The “old Moon” rests “in the arms” of a new, grinning, crescent Moon with earthshine illuminating the portion of the Moon that is shadowed from direct sunlight. Above and to the left, Venus adds to the beauty of the scene like a supportive sibling, the sister of Moon and Earth. Indeed, they are all brothersContinue reading “Sibling Synergy”
My Side of the Clouds
Looking up at the morning sky, I couldn’t help wondering what it was like on the other side of the clouds. The ever-deepening blue of the sky gave a hint. As the Artemis II astronauts gazed back at a tiny, crescent earth from beyond the moon, their comments described its blue and white color standingContinue reading “My Side of the Clouds”
Welcome Home
Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch, and Jeremy Hansen have been there and back. They set records for the farthest distance from earth and for the fastest speed that humans have ever traveled, and then they safely returned on target and on time. I’m “over the moon!” #artemisII #moon
Moon Near and Far
The top photo was taken from Artemis 2 as it was swinging around the far side of the moon. The lower image was taken from my driveway in 2020 through a telescope and and barely captures features that are easily seen from space. Grimaldi is always visible from earth when it is sunlit, but MareContinue reading “Moon Near and Far”
