Moon Monday 18th February 2019

A good photo but the details look flat because the sun is hitting the craters full on and there's no shadow!

I compared this photo with 18th November 2018 when the sun's light angle to the Moon made a terminator and great shadows, e.g. on the crater Copernicus.

Time 19:40.
Distance 221,774 miles.
Waxing gibbous phase.
100 degrees E compass point (azimuth).
Altitude 31.5 degrees.

Moon Friday 15th and Sunday 17th February 2019

In the evening the Moon was nearly above my house so it was difficult to get a good photo of out of my bedroom window!

(15th / 17th Feb)
Time 19:30 / 21:30.
Distance 228,472 / 222,928 miles.
Waxing gibbous / waxing gibbous phase.
150 / 150 degrees SE / SE compass point (azimuth).
Altitude 55.5 / 53.9 degrees.

January Moons

Moon Wednesday 9th, Monday 14th and Wednesday 30th January

Because of the rainy and cloudy weather, I only managed 3 photos in January, and haven't had the chance to use the new telescope to take pictures. But the 3 photos I did get show three different phases!

(9th Jan / 14th Jan / 30th Jan)
Time 18:15 / 19:50 / 07:15.
Distance 252,295 / 242,490 / 245,056 miles.
Waxing crescent / first quarter / waning crescent phase.
225 / 205 / 170 degrees SW / SW / S compass point (azimuth).
Altitude 10.5 / 41.0 / 18.0 degrees.