Date: 2026 10 08
Time: 05:17:27 UTC
Altitude: 14° 15'
Distance: 377 589 km
Phase: 6.74%
Nikon Z8
Skywatcher 200P
IR/UV filter
Exposure: f/5.9, 1/30s, ISO-3200
Focal Length: 1200 mm

Date: 2026 10 08
Time: 05:17:27 UTC
Altitude: 14° 15'
Distance: 377 589 km
Phase: 6.74%
Nikon Z8
Skywatcher 200P
IR/UV filter
Exposure: f/5.9, 1/30s, ISO-3200
Focal Length: 1200 mm
Date: 2026 10 03
Time: 02:01:33 UTC
Altitude: 32° 29'
Distance: 367 196 km
Phase: 44%
Nikon Z8
Skywatcher 200P
IR/UV filter
Exposure: f/5.9, 1/80s, ISO-100
Focal Length: 1200 mm
Date: 2026 10 03
Time: 07:59:17 UTC
Altitude: 54° 12'
Distance: 364 725 km
Phase: 53%
Nikon Z8
Skywatcher 200P
IR/UV filter
Exposure: f/5.9, 1/125s, ISO-400
Focal Length: 1000 mm
Date: 2026 10 03
Time: 00:26:40 UTC
Altitude: 29° 11'
Distance: 366 544 km
Phase: 56%
Nikon Z8
Skywatcher 200P
IR/UV filter
Exposure: f/5.9, 1/40s, ISO-64
Focal Length: 1200 mm
Date: 2026 10 01
Time: 23:34:08 UTC
Altitude: 30° 43'
Distance: 366 020 km
Phase: 67%
Nikon Z8
Vixen A105M
IR/UV filter
Exposure: f/9.5, 1/40s, ISO-64
Focal Length: 1000 mm
Date: 2026 09 30
Time: 19:59:34 UTC
Altitude: 08° 13'
Distance: 368 724 km
Phase: 79%
Nikon Z8
Nikon 300mm f/4 prime lens
Nikon 2x teleconverter
Exposure: f/8, 1/200s, ISO-400
Focal Length: 600 mm
Date: 2026 09 30
Time: 10:18:59 UTC
Altitude: 07° 03'
Distance: 369 202 km
Phase: 84%
Nikon Z8
Nikon 300mm f/4 prime lens
Nikon 2x teleconverter
Exposure: f/8, 1/500s, ISO-100
Focal Length: 600 mm
Composite image
Date: 2026 09 28
Time: 23:00:38 UTC
Altitude: 42° 22'
Distance: 368 057 km
Phase: 93.36%
Nikon Z8
Skywatcher 200P
Exposure: f/5.9, 1/250s, ISO-100
Focal Length: 1200 mm
Date: 2026 09 27
Time: 21:17:50 UTC
Altitude: 30° 32'
Distance: 371 963 km
Phase: 98.2%
Nikon Z8
Skywatcher 200P
Exposure: f/5.9, 1/200s, ISO-100
Focal Length: 1200 mm
#astronomy #moon #waxing #waning #photography
This is tonight's moon (on the left, almost full) with one of the pictures from four+ weeks ago (on the right, just past full).
It is interesting how different some of the surface features are because of the lighting angle...
I'm so GLAD the dog wanted to go out at 5AM Wed morning 🙂, cuz the sky was perfectly clear and I got to enjoy the #conjunction of the #waning #CrescentMoon & #Jupiter!
Jupiter is the tiny dot in the lower part of the second image.
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#ThanksAndy #moon #lunar #luna #SturgeonMoon #waningcrescentmoon
Date: 2026 09 09
Time: 05:24:45 UTC
Altitude: 19° 15'
Distance: 368 593 km
Phase: 4.24%
Nikon Z8
Vixen A105M
Exposure: f/9.5, 1/80s, ISO-400
Focal Length: 1000 mm
Date: 2026 09 07
Time: 04:05:31 UTC
Altitude: 31° 27'
Distance: 364 909 km
Phase: 19%
Nikon Z8
Skywatcher 200P
Exposure: f/5.9, 1/80s, ISO-400
Focal Length: 1200 mm
Date: 2026 09 05
Time: 08:10:21 UTC
Altitude: 60° 29'
Distance: 363 505 km
Phase: 39%
Nikon Z8
Skywatcher 200P
Exposure: f/5.9, 1/320s, ISO-100
Focal Length: 1200 mm