Very Young Post-Eclipse Moon
Taken by Peter Lowenstein on August 22, 2017 @
Mutare, Zimbabwe
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Camera Used: Panasonic DMC-TZ60
Exposure Time: 10/80
Aperture: f/5.7
ISO: 800
Date Taken: 2017:08:25 14:01:15
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On the evening of 22 August, less than 24 hours after the Great American Solar Eclipse, the very young thin post-eclipse Moon was observed setting behind Christmas Pass, Mutare, three quarters of an hour after the Sun had set nearby. Although discernible with difficulty on photographs taken between 18.01 and 18.05 LT, it first became visible to the naked eye at 18.05 LT (16.08 UT), as shown in my previous post “Setting Sun & Post Eclipse Moon” upload _id138050. The following additional photographs, which have been adjusted for brightness, contrast and sharpness, to compensate for smoke haze, low light, and movement of the Moon, present five beautiful views of the very thin crescent from clear visibility at 18.06 LT (first image) to when it disappeared below the local horizon at 18.11 LT (final mosaic). These pictures must be among the earliest to be taken from the ground of first light on the New Moon after the eclipse. They were captured under difficult conditions (small bush fires may be seen in three pictures) in six minutes before the Moon set. The camera used was a tripod mounted Panasonic Lumix DMC-TZ60 in sunset then night scene modes. Exposures ranged from 1/8 to 4 seconds with focal lengths of up to 1500mm.
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