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.

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.

Moon Monday 26th October 2020

Seen the Moon for the fourth night running now!

Time 17:16 (GMT).
Distance 248,976 miles.
Waxing gibbous phase.
129 degrees SE compass point (azimuth).
Altitude 11.0 degrees.

Moon Sunday 25th October 2020

First Moon in GMT (in the UK) for the autumn!

Time 20:31 (GMT).
Distance 246,709 miles.
Waxing gibbous phase.
187 degrees S compass point (azimuth).
Altitude 20.3 degrees.

Moon Saturday 24th October 2020.

Last Moon in BST for the year! (Assuming you're in the UK, of course.)

Time 22:14 (BST).
Distance 243,860 miles.
Waxing gibbous phase.
208 degrees SW compass point (azimuth).
Altitude 12.8 degrees.

Moon Friday 23rd October 2020

Great Moon last night. There was a bit of moisture in the air, so the Moon seemed a bit fuzzier than usual!

Time 20:46.
Distance 240,491 miles.
First quarter phase.
199 degrees S compass point (azimuth).
Altitude 12.0 degrees.

Moon Thursday 15th October 2020

Another great night-time Moon. Look how brightly Venus shines in the third photo!

Time 06:37.
Distance 223,226 miles.
Waning crescent phase.
99 degrees E compass point (azimuth).
Altitude 12.0 degrees.

Moon Tuesday 13th October 2020

Some fabulous night-time Moons recently. Here's the first of them!

Time 06:37.
Distance 228,990 miles.
Waning crescent phase.
115 degrees SE compass point (azimuth).
Altitude 35.9 degrees.

Moon Sunday 11th October 2020

Another excellent morning Moon! (I did make a video, but I lost it!)

Time 08:07.
Distance 236,851 miles.
Waning crescent phase.
177 degrees S compass point (azimuth).
Altitude 59.5 degrees.

Moon Saturday 10th October 2020

Just caught this Moon before the clouds came rolling in! (I didn't have time to get the big camera, so I had to use the little one instead.)

Time 08:25.
Distance 240,719 miles.
Waning crescent phase.
209 degrees SW compass point (azimuth).
Altitude 58.8 degrees.

Moon Friday 9th October 2020

Another great morning - and you could see all of those stars really easily! (I've enhanced and labelled them in one photo, to make them easier to see.)

Time 06:35.
Distance 244,195 miles.
Waning gibbous phase.
184 degrees S compass point (azimuth).
Altitude 61.5 degrees.

Moon Wednesday 7th October 2020

Some more good morning Moons. The last two photos are not the Moon, BUT it looks great with the vapour trail, the cloud and what I think is Venus.

Time 06:38.
Distance 249,397 miles.
Waning gibbous phase.
224 degrees SW compass point (azimuth).
Altitude 52.1 degrees.

Moon Tuesday 6th October 2020

Some great morning Moons this week. Here is the first!

Time 06:39.
Distance 251,024 miles.
Waning gibbous phase.
236 degrees SW compass point (azimuth).
Altitude 44.0 degrees.

Moon Sunday 4th October 2020

Time 22:26.
Distance 252,449 miles.
Waning gibbous phase.
98 degrees E compass point (azimuth).
Altitude 22.3 degrees.

Moon Thursday 1st October 2020

Time 22:07.
Distance 250,909 miles.
Full moon phase.
130 degrees SE compass point (azimuth).
Altitude 24.3 degrees.

Moon Tuesday 29th September 2020

(1st & 2nd photos / 3rd photo)
Time 20:50 / 21:24.
Distance 249,593 / 249,593 miles.
Waxing gibbous / waxing gibbous phase.
136 / 169 degrees SE / S compass point (azimuth).
Altitude 16.1 / 12.0 degrees.