Waning moon

WANING CRESCENT, Dark Moon, or Balsamic Moon is waning (decreasing in light) and 75% to 0% illuminated. This phase begins the 10th or 11th day after Full Moon, and continues until New Moon. It is about 3.5 days until New Moon (at the beginning of this phase). This is the last in the 8 phases of the Lunar month.

This graphic share what to do during the full moon, new moon, and waxing and waning moon phases.

Whilst we were out taking some DSLR shots, the telescope was cooling down, ready for this capture ;0) Prime focus single shot, Canon 600D attached to Maksutov 127mm telescope

This mornings stunning waning Moon ;0)

Mosaic image obtained through 8-inch SCT, using ASI224MC video camera, UV-IR-Cut-filter. Original mosaic resolution: 33 MP Location: Bavaria, Germany

It’s been a season of crescents. A crescent Sun in eclipse. A crescent Venus before and after transit. But this is the more familiar Moon. I caught the waning crescent Moon rising before the …

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