These two photos are interesting because they show how much the Moon has rotated over 2 1/2 hours.
But even more interesting is that you can see Birmingham! Not the city, but the crater.
It's a disintegrated crater and all that's left are low walls and a rough surface with craterlets! Even so, it's still bigger than the city - 92 km diameter and 1.8 km deep.
It was discovered by the Irish astronomer John Birmingham in 1866 and you can see his telescope in the Milltown museum, Co. Galway!
Time 20:30 (first photo).
Time 23:00 (second photo).
Distance 250,529 miles.
Waxing gibbous phase.
175 degrees S compass point (azimuth) (first photo).
210 degrees SW compass point (azimuth) (second photo).
Altitude 17.1 degrees (first photo).
Altitude 12.4 degrees (second photo).
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