Thursday 24 December 2020

Moon Combo Backlog!

Moon Sunday 29th November 2020
Time 21:09.
Distance 250,160 miles.
Waxing gibbous phase.
126 degrees SE compass point (azimuth).
Altitude 45.8 degrees.

Moon Monday 30th November 2020
Time 22:22.
Distance 249,476 miles.
Full moon phase.
131 degrees SE compass point (azimuth).
Altitude 51.4 degrees.

Moon Tuesday 1st December 2020
Time 06:35.
Distance 248,713 miles.
Waning gibbous phase.
283 degrees W compass point (azimuth).
Altitude 18.2 degrees.

Moon Saturday 5th December 2020 (1)
Time 08:50.
Distance 240,483 miles.
Waning gibbous phase.
268 degrees W compass point (azimuth).
Altitude 28.1 degrees.

Moon Saturday 5th December 2020 (2)
Time 22:45.
Distance 240,483 miles.
Waning gibbous phase.
80 degrees E compass point (azimuth).
Altitude 16.2 degrees.

Moon Tuesday 8th December 2020
Time 06:34.
Distance 232,460 miles.
Waning crescent phase.
182 degrees S compass point (azimuth).
Altitude 45.7 degrees.

Moon Wednesday 9th December 2020
Time 06:33.
Distance 229,836 miles.
Waning crescent phase.
166 degrees S compass point (azimuth).
Altitude 39.1 degrees.

Moon Thursday 10th December 2020
Time 06:32.
Distance 227,540 miles.
Waning crescent phase.
153 degrees SE compass point (azimuth).
Altitude 30.6 degrees.
29th November

30th November



1st December
5th December (1)
5th December (2)
8th December
9th December
10th December

Sunday 29 November 2020

Moon Friday 27th November 2020

Time 17:32.
Distance 251,993 miles.
Waxing gibbous phase.
102 degrees E compass point (azimuth).
Altitude 21.2 degrees.



Moon Thursday 26th November 2020

(first two photos / last two photos)
Time 16:33 / 19:22.
Distance 252,205 / 252,205 miles.
Waxing gibbous / waxing gibbous phase.
Azimuth 102 / 141 degrees.
Compass point E / SE.
Altitude 14.6 / 36.4 degrees.









Moon Wednesday 25th November 2020

Plenty of great late afternoon and evening Moon (and Mars!) photos recently. Here is the first set of photographs!

(first two photos / last five photos)
Time 16:42 / 20:33.
Distance 251,818 / 251,818 miles.
Waxing gibbous / waxing gibbous phase.
Azimuth 115 / 175 degrees.
Compass point E / S.
Altitude 17.5 / 38.0 degrees.







Mixing the above and below photos...







Sunday 22 November 2020

Moon Sunday 22nd November 2020

Another good night-time Moon.

Time 17:27.
Distance 246,428 miles.
Waxing gibbous phase.
161 degrees S compass point (azimuth).
Altitude 21.0 degrees.



Saturday 21 November 2020

Moon Thursday 19th November 2020

Excellent late afternoon Moon. You can see Jupiter and Saturn in the first photograph! (But not Pluto - even though it's there!)

Time 17:37.
Distance 235,468 miles.
Waxing crescent phase.
199 degrees S compass point (azimuth).
Altitude 10.9 degrees.





Saturday 14 November 2020

Moon Thursday 12th November 2020

Time 06:34.
Distance 224,820 miles.
Waning crescent phase.
132 degrees SE compass point (azimuth).
Altitude 27.2 degrees.







Moon Wednesday 11th November 2020

Some more (fuzzy!) morning Moons this week. Here's the first set!

Time 06:45.
Distance 227,533 miles.
Waning crescent phase.
145 degrees SE compass point (azimuth).
Altitude 38.9 degrees.







Saturday 7 November 2020

Moon Saturday 7th November 2020

Time 08:15.
Distance 241,303 miles.
Waning gibbous phase.
247 degrees SW compass point (azimuth).
Altitude 44.6 degrees.







Moon Friday 6th November 2020

Time 06:32.
Distance 244,262 miles.
Waning gibbous phase.
235 degrees SW compass point (azimuth).
Altitude 52.1 degrees.



Moon Thursday 5th November 2020

Time 06:38.
Distance 246,772 miles.
Waning gibbous phase.
250 degrees W compass point (azimuth).
Altitude 44.4 degrees.









Moon Wednesday 4th November 2020

Some great morning Moons this week. Here's the first lot!

Time 06:41.
Distance 248,808 miles.
Waning gibbous phase.
261 degrees W compass point (azimuth).
Altitude 35.8 degrees.





Sunday 1 November 2020

Halloween Moon 2020!

Hoooooowwwwwwwl! Full moon on Halloween!

This is also a blue moon, meaning that this is the second full moon occurring in a month.

Time 23:12.
Distance 252,416 miles.
Full moon phase.
158 degrees S compass point (azimuth).
Altitude 47.8 degrees.









Friday 30 October 2020

Moon Thursday 29th October 2020

Mars was in the sky yet again! The first photo doesn't quite pick up its redness too well, but you can still see it if you zoom in quite far!

Time 20:23.
Distance 252,512 miles.
Waxing gibbous phase.
124 degrees SE compass point (azimuth).
Altitude 31.2 degrees.





Thursday 29 October 2020

Moon Wednesday 28th October 2020

First glimpse of Mars tonight! You could clearly see the red hue around it with the naked eye, as I have tried to illustrate in the third photo.

Time 20:32.
Distance 251,772 miles.
Waxing gibbous phase.
152 degrees SE compass point (azimuth).
Altitude 31.0 degrees.







Moon Tuesday 27th October 2020

Great scenic view in the first photo.

Time 17:39.
Distance 250,564 miles.
Waxing gibbous phase.
123 degrees SE compass point (azimuth).
Altitude 12.7 degrees.