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...

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.