Moon 26th May 2018

And this is what the moon itself looked like last night.

There's a program on the BBC at the moment about 'The Last Man on the Moon'.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0b3gd8g

He was Apollo 17 astronaut Gene Cernan, the eleventh and last man on the Moon to date, stepping off the Taurus-Littrow valley on December 14th 1972.

If you were born on December 15th 1972 you would be 45 years old and no one would have been on the moon in your lifetime!

Time 22:20.
Distance 242,644 miles.
Waxing gibbous phase.
170 degrees S compass point (azimuth).
Altitude 27.7 degrees.

Moon 26th May 2018

It's Jupiter again, with the Moon in view.

In the photo, Jupiter looks 17 times smaller than the moon but appears just as bright. But in reality, Jupiter is 42 times bigger than the Moon, and 2250 times further away from the Earth! It just shows how big it is to be able to reflect so much light back!

Time 22:20.
Distance 242,644 miles.
Waxing gibbous phase.
170 degrees S compass point (azimuth).
Altitude 27.7 degrees.

Moon 21st May & Moon 23rd May 2018

In these two photos, the cloud covers the moon but it makes great pictures. However, it gives me a feeling of cold and it reminds me of "wuthering" in 'The Secret Garden' (the book I'm reading), and clouds move and change, and they're not pure greyscale - you get little hints of colour.

(21st May / 23rd May 2018)
Time 21:23 / 22:46.
Distance 230,970 / 235,671 miles.
First quarter / waxing gibbous phase.
225 / 220 degrees SW / SW compass point (azimuth).
Altitude 42.7 / 36.5 degrees.

Monday 30th April 2018

A great full Moon (first photo) but look how bright Jupiter is! It's a great time for seeing Jupiter; the second to fifth photos show it on 30th April, 2nd May, 4th May and 21st May 2018. BUT because it looks so small, it's difficult to get a sharp image with just a normal bridge camera; you need a tripod or something like that to get one!

(30th April 2018)
Time 21:13.
Distance 241,920 miles.
Full moon phase.
115 degrees SE compass point (azimuth).
Altitude 1.3 degrees.

Moon 22nd May 2018

These are two Moons spread over 30 minutes with the camera in a fixed position on a tripod. The Moon hasn't rotated much but it has moved across the sky and in an arc! This is because the Earth is rotating much faster than the Moon.

(left / right Moon)
Time 19:17 / 19:54.
Distance 233,274 / 233,274 miles.
First quarter / first quarter phase.
165 / 180 degrees S / S compass point (azimuth).
Altitude 46.6 / 47.2 degrees.