MOON LIGHT

Scenic Views of the Moon Arranged by Phase.

FromJim Kaler

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New Moon

• New Moon at the annular eclipse of the Sun, May 10, 1994. Mark Killion.

Waxing Crescent

• Setting thin late summer waxing crescent Moon.
• Setting thin waxing crescent Moonwith faint earthlight.
• Waxing crescent Moon with Venus in deep blue twilight.
• Waxing crescent Moon 3.3 days old with Venus in deeper blue twilight.
• Close-up of waxing crescent Moon 3.3 days old.
• Waxing crescent Moon 3.6 days old with Venus.
• Reddened waxing crescent Moon 3.8 days old.
• Waxing crescent Moon 4.7 days old in blue sky.
• Waxing crescent Moon 5.1 days old with Venus and Jupiter, February 26, 2012.
• Waxing crescent Moon with Venus and Mercury.
• Waxing crescent Moon with earthlight in dark blue sky.
• Waxing crescent Moon with earthlight and tree branches in foreground.
• Waxing crescent Moon in clearing sky with one lonely star.
• Close-up of waxing crescent Moon 5.3 days old.
• Waxing crescent Moon in clouds with blue sky.
• Waxing crescent Moon with Mars and airplane.
• Waxing crescent Moon in twilight between trees.
• Setting orange waxing crescent Moon with clouds and earthlight.
• Waxing crescent Moon with Venus.
• Rising waxing crescent Moon in daylight through trees.
• Conjunction of waxing crescent Moon and Venus, May 19, 2007.
• Waxing crescent Moon and Venus, May 19, 2007, close-up with Earthlight.
• Waxing crescent Moon and Venus, May 19, 2007, dark sky with Gemini.
• Waxing crescent Moon with Earthlight preparing to occult Eta Geminorum.
• Waxing crescent Moon with earthlight barely grazing Nu Virginis. See the full panel.
• Waxing crescent Moon with high red clouds.

First Quarter

• First quarter Moon over airplane wing.
• First quarter Moon in daylight with spring flowers.
• First quarter Moon in daytime with flowers.
• Rising first quarter Moon with contrasting white cloud, showing Moon's low reflectivity and relative darkness.
• Antarctic first quarter Moon with reversed southern hemisphere direction. Caroline Badger.
• Daylight first quarter Moon with tree.

Waxing Gibbous

• Rising waxing gibbous Moon, can you find it?.
• Waxing gibbous Moon just past first quarter in late twilight with tree.
• Waxing gibbous Moon two days past first quarter above tree with a closer view.
• Waxing gibbous Moon in blue sky 2.1 days past first quarter nicely showing maria.
• Rising waxing gibbous Moon over Chicago.
• Waxing gibbous Moon through telescope showing craters and maria. Mark Killion.
• Waxing gibbous Moon in blue sky with scattered clouds.
• Rising waxing gibbous Moon with tree.
• Waxing gibbous Moon over cornfield in daylight.
• Setting fat waxing gibbous Moon withearthshadow.
• Waxing gibbous Moon with rainbow.
• Waxing gibbous Moon with "anti-crepuscular" rays caused by cloud shadows.

Full Moon

• Near full Moon rising above Earth shadow and the Atlantic Ocean
• Another view of the near Full Moon rising above Earth shadow and the Atlantic Ocean
• Full Moon rising at twilight.
• Winter Full Moon rising behind trees.
• Full Moon in a dark sky with labelled maria.
• Setting full Moon floating above earthshadow.
• Full Harvest Moon at twilight Moonset with earthshadow.
• Full Moon setting in earthshadow.
• Setting panoramic full Moon at dawn in earthshadow.
• full morning Moon.
• Full Moonlight on the waters.
• African full Moonset
• See it in close-up
• Then see it going down
• Totally eclipsed full Moon, November 29, 1993, with background stars. Mark Killion.
• Total eclipse of full Moon of January 20, 2000.
• Totally eclipsed full Moon, November 11, 2003.
• Totally eclipsed full Moon, October 27, 2004.
• Totally eclipsed full Moon, August 28, 2007.

Waning Gibbous

• Just past full waning gibbous with striking 22-degree halo.
• waning gibbous one day past full through hole in clouds.
• waning gibbous one day past full through hole in clouds, more distant.
• waning gibbous two days past with bright scattered clouds.
• Daylight Arctic waning gibbous Moon.
• Daylight waning gibbous Moon with light clouds.
• Daylight waning gibbous Moon from 30,000 feet.
• Daylight waning gibbous Moon from 30,000 feet, different view.
• Morning waning gibbous Moon4.1 days past full.
• Daylight waning gibbous Moon one day from third quarter.
• Not quite third quarter Moon above tree.

Third Quarter

• Almost third quarter Moon in blue sky with trees.
• Near-perfect third quarter Moon.
• Near-perfect third quarter Moon through trees in morning twilight.
• third quarter Moon with tree in blue morning twilight.
• Third quarter Moon in blue sky with trees below.
• Daytime third quarter Moon above Parthenon.

Waning Crescent

• Fat waning crescent Moon one day past third quarter, close up.
• Daytime waning crescent Moon with bird.
• Waning crescent Moon with distant Venus.
• Waning crescent Moon with close Venus.
• Waning crescent Moon with Jupiter.
• Waning crescent Moon visits Antares.
• Bright earthlight on thin waning crescent Moon through telescope showing maria and craters. Mark Killion.
• Waning crescent Moon three days from new with Venus.
• Thin waning crescent Moon two days from new peeking through trees.
• Thin waning crescent Moon just 30 hours from new with faint earthlight.
• Thin waning crescent Moon with distant Venus.
• Very thin waning crescent Moon through trees in morning twilight.
• Very thin waning crescent Moon in dark blue sky.
• Very thin waning crescent Moon in distant sky.
• Very thin waning crescent Moon in orange clouds.

Copyright © James B. Kaler, all rights reserved. Except where otherwise noted, the photographs are the property of the author and may not be reproduced in whole or in part without the author's consent except in fair use for educational purposes. Thanks to reader number .