Moon Wednesday 1st July 2020

Very good scenic Moon tonight - just look at the last photo!

(first two photos / last photo)
Time 21:17 / 23:05.
Distance 229,981 / 229,981 miles.
Waxing gibbous / waxing gibbous phase.
167 / 193 degrees S / S compass point (azimuth).
Altitude 18.9 / 18.5 degrees.

Moon Tuesday 30th June 2020

Just caught the Moon before the clouds rolled in!

Time 21:10.
Distance 229,382 miles.
Waxing gibbous phase.
178 degrees S compass point (azimuth).
Altitude 24.5 degrees.

Moon Saturday 6th June 2020

...and here is (the aftermath of) the Full Strawberry Moon!

Time 23:13.
Distance 229,760 miles.
Waning gibbous phase.
140 degrees SE compass point (azimuth).
Altitude 3.7 degrees.

Moon Friday 5th June 2020

The Full Strawberry Moon is behind the trees...

Time 23:22.
Distance 227,768 miles.
Full moon phase.
154 degrees SE compass point (azimuth).
Altitude 10.8 degrees.

Moon Tuesday 2nd June 2020

A bright evening - but the Moon is brighter still!

Time 20:36.
Distance 226,432 miles.
Waxing gibbous phase.
150 degrees SE compass point (azimuth).
Altitude 24.1 degrees.

Moon Monday 1st June 2020

Time 20:48.
Distance 227,026 miles.
Waxing gibbous phase.
165 degrees S compass point (azimuth).
Altitude 33.4 degrees.

Moon Sunday 31st May 2020

Time 23:06.
Distance 228,286 miles.
Waxing gibbous phase.
220 degrees SW compass point (azimuth).
Altitude 32.7 degrees.

Moon Saturday 30th May 2020

Time 21:21.
Distance 230,037 miles.
Waxing gibbous phase.
208 degrees SW compass point (azimuth).
Altitude 42.9 degrees.

Moon Friday 29th May 2020

First Moon in nearly a month!

Time 22:19.
Distance 232,104 miles.
Waxing crescent phase.
225 degrees SW compass point (azimuth).
Altitude 43.6 degrees.

Moon Thursday 7th May 2020

A lovely colour on the Moon last night.

Time 22:19.
Distance 223,883 miles.
Full moon phase.
134 degrees SE compass point (azimuth).
Altitude 9.1 degrees.

Moon Wednesday 6th May 2020

Really low Moon last night; any lower and it would have been stuck in the tree branches!

I've learnt that if you have a low light photograph and you put the saturation up high in Photoshop, it pixelates it and gives a groovy 'orange peel' effect!

Time 20:30.
Distance 223,538 miles.
Waxing gibbous phase.
120 degrees SE compass point (azimuth).
Altitude 7.7 degrees.

Moon Tuesday 5th May 2020

Took the opportunity to have a highly saturated scenic view (third photo)!

Time 20:35.
Distance 223,495 miles.
Waxing gibbous phase.
129 degrees SE compass point (azimuth).
Altitude 19.8 degrees.

Saturated Moon!

Moon Monday 4th May 2020

A bright sky behind an even brighter Moon!

Time 21:02.
Distance 224,245 miles.
Waxing gibbous phase.
146 degrees SE compass point (azimuth).
Altitude 33.2 degrees.

Moon Saturday 2nd May 2020

A great display of craters near the terminator!

Time 23:02.
Distance 228,472 miles.
Waxing gibbous phase.
217 degrees SW compass point (azimuth).
Altitude 43.9 degrees.

Normal photo...

Photo with additional labelled craters! (Although it gets difficult around the poles...)

Scenic Moons Thursday 30th April and Friday 1st May 2020

Some cloud when taking the photos, so some great scenic views!

30th April

1st May

Moons Thursday 30th April and Friday 1st May 2020

(30th Apr / 1st May)
Time 22:53 / 23:05.
Distance 234,605 / 231,434 miles.
Waxing crescent / waxing gibbous phase.
250 / 236 degrees W / SW compass point (azimuth).
Altitude 39.4 / 42.0 degrees.

30th April

1st May

Moon Wednesday 29th April 2020

First Moon in a fortnight - and I was only just able to see it!

Time 21:15.
Distance 234,605 miles.
Waxing crescent phase.
223 degrees SW compass point (azimuth).
Altitude 51.6 degrees.

Moon Wednesday 15th April 2020

A bright and warm morning, but it doesn't defeat the lovely view of the Moon!

Time 09:04.
Distance 243,653 miles.
Waning crescent phase.
201 degrees S compass point (azimuth).
Altitude 13.1 degrees.

Orion Friday 3rd April 2020

A quick photo of Orion last week. It's amazing how many objects you can see with the naked eye and with a simple photograph!

Original photo

Cropped, with contrast and many labels!

Moons Thursday 9th April 2020

The Moon was very low in the horizon, which meant a very pinky-red moon. It looks a bit like an 'Apocalypse Now' sun or a light lamp behind the trees!

Time 22:40.
Distance 222,793 miles.
Waning gibbous phase.
120 degrees SE compass point (azimuth).
Altitude 4.4 degrees.

Moons Tuesday 7th and Wednesday 8th April 2020

(7th / 8th (1st and 2nd photos) / 8th (3rd photo) April)
Time 20:49 / 21:33 / 22:43.
Distance 222,150 / 221,813 / 221,813 miles.
Waxing gibbous / full moon / full moon phase.
112 / 114 / 129 degrees E / SE / SE compass point (azimuth).
Altitude 14.2 / 7.6 / 16.1 degrees.

Tuesday 7th April

Tuesday 7th April - Scenic View

Tuesday 7th April - Scenic View plus Bloodshot Moon!

Wednesday 8th April - Earlier

Wednesday 8th April - Scenic View (Earlier...)

Wednesday 8th April - Later!

Moons Saturday 4th, Sunday 5th and Monday 6th April 2020

(4th / 5th / 6th April)
Time 20:47 / 21:21 / 21:09.
Distance 226,391 / 223,746 / 222,791 miles.
Waxing gibbous / waxing gibbous / waxing gibbous phase.
143 / 139 / 125 degrees SE / SE / SE compass point (azimuth).
Altitude 49.1 / 41.8 / 29.1 degrees.

Moon Friday 3rd April 2020

Time 20:15.
Distance 229,779 miles.
Waxing gibbous phase.
150 degrees SE compass point (azimuth).
Altitude 53.6 degrees.

Moon Thursday 2nd April 2020

Everyone is self-isolating. But the Moon has been self-isolating for 4.5 billion years, thanks to gravity and its velocity!

Time 21:09 (BST now!).
Distance 233,559 miles.
Waxing gibbous phase.
195 degrees S compass point (azimuth).
Altitude 58.6 degrees.