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Moon : 16  

Moon &
Venus
Moon and Venus just before occultation of Venus
Taken in broad daylight. Venus phase not quite full so appears oval.
Moon with
Seestar
Moon from Queen Elizabeth Country Park with ZWO Seestar S50
taken during South Downs National Park Dark Skies Featival
Moon at 11 days
Moon at 11.0 days, taken from home in Portsmouth
Moon
7.6 days old
7.6 day old Moon. Taken from home in light polluted Portsmouth UK
Published in Nov 2015 edition of Astronomy Now magazine.
Moon
3 days old
3 day old crescent moon in twilight
Winner of Lunar and Planetary section of HAG astrophotography competition 2015
Moon
3 days old
3 day old crescent moon
Close up of part of previous image
Full Moon
Full moon with clouds, imaged when low (13°) in south-east
Composite of two images
Alpine Valley
region
Mons Pico and Pico B have their peaks in sunlight to the west (left).
To the north is the Alpine Valley.
Appenines
Appenines/Archimedes/Plato/Alps region showing the Alpine Valley
Apollo 15 landed close to the Appenine mountains
Clavius
Crater Clavius, with its curved central crater chain
In the rugged southern upland region
Copernicus
Crater Copernicus
In the eastern part of Oceanus Procellarum
Copernicus &
Aristarchus
Copernicus & the Aristachus plateau (far right)
Plateau shows Schröter's Valley (Vallis Schröteri)
Hyginus
Hyginus and Triesnecker rille systems
Selected as LPOD "Picture of the Day" for 10-Jun-2012
Janssen
Crater Janssen and surrounding region showing the Janssen Rilles inside the crater
Showing the Janssen Rilles inside the crater
Southern
Region
From Deslandres (left) to Faraday (right)
In the rugged southern upland region
Straight Wall
Straight Wall (Rupes Recta)
In central area of the Moon