The crescent moon shines bright at 16% illumination, craters dot the terminator line where the crescent meets the dimly lit earthshine, some details of seas are clearly visible.
17 October 2025, Moon at 16%.
Caught a little earthshine this morning!
Telescope: #Celestron #Astromaster70az and #Nikon #D5200
ISO-800 1/13 sec | ISO-1600 1/60 sec
#SpaceGarbage 🔭
#Moon #Luna #Space #Colorado #Earthshine
The moon at 53% illumination, deep craters are shadowed along the terminator.
13 October 2025, Moon at 53%.
Early this morning, about 30 mins before Culmination. The sky was a pretty deep blue but I couldn’t quite capture it.
Telescope: #Celestron #Astromaster70az and #Nikon #D5200
ISO-200 1/125 sec
#SpaceGarbage 🔭
#Moon #Luna #Space #Colorado
The full moon!
07 October 2025, Moon at 100%.
Went through some shots I tried to get of the full moon through tiny cloud breaks. Turns out I actually got one!
Telescope: #Celestron #Astromaster70az and #Nikon #D5200
ISO-160 1/125 sec
#SpaceGarbage 🔭
#Moon #Luna #Space #Colorado
The waxing gibbous moon hangs at 91% illumination.
04 October 2025, Moon at 91%.
I may be clouded out for the full moon, but this is a close second.
Telescope: #Celestron #Astromaster70az and #Nikon #D5200
ISO-160 1/125 sec
#SpaceGarbage 🔭
#Moon #Luna #Space #Colorado
The waxing gibbous moon hangs out at 83% illumination
03 October 2025, Moon at 83%.
This string of clear nights has been something else.
Telescope: #Celestron #Astromaster70az and #Nikon #D5200
ISO-160 1/125 sec
#SpaceGarbage 🔭
#Moon #Luna #Space #Colorado
The waxing moon hangs in the sky at 75% illumination
02 October 2025, Moon at 75%.
Hit a few great deep sky targets last night, and of course the moon!
Telescope: #Celestron #Astromaster70az and #Nikon #D5200
ISO-160 1/125 sec
#SpaceGarbage 🔭
#Moon #Luna #Space #Colorado
The waxing moon sits in the sky at 65% illumination
01 October 2025, Moon at 65%.
First moon of October. Hello spooky season!
Telescope: #Celestron #Astromaster70az and #Nikon #D5200
ISO-160 1/125 sec
#SpaceGarbage 🔭
#Moon #Luna #Space #Colorado
The half moon sits 56% illuminated the night sky!
30 September 2025, Moon at 56%.
Last night the sky was nice and crisp. It’s getting dark earlier, deep sky season is approaching for me and I can’t wait!
Telescope: #Celestron #Astromaster70az and #Nikon #D5200
ISO-160 1/125 sec
#SpaceGarbage 🔭
#Moon #Luna #Space #Colorado
The quarter moon hangs in the sky, revealing high contrast craters on the terminator line.
29 September 2025, Moon at 46%.
Caught a break in the clouds last night and a bright glowing first quarter moon broke through.
Telescope: #Celestron #Astromaster70az and #Nikon #D5200
ISO-160 1/125 sec
#SpaceGarbage 🔭
#Moon #Luna #Space #Colorado
Picture of the sun with several sun spots spread across the face of it.
27 September 2025, Sun.
The nights haven’t been great here, but the sun shines pretty much all day in Denver.
Telescope: #Celestron #Astromaster70az and #Nikon #D5200
ISO-800 1/125 sec
#SpaceGarbage 🔭
#Sun #TheSun #Sol #Space #Colorado
The waning moon sliver sits at 5% illumination, both Venus and the star Regulus hang nearby.
19 September 2025, Moon at 5%.
Was able to catch the moon, Venus, and Regulus into one frame this morning. There’s even a trace of earthshine!
Telescope: #Celestron #Astromaster70az and #Nikon #D5200
ISO-1600 1/60 sec
#SpaceGarbage 🔭
#Moon #Luna #Space #Colorado #Venus #Regulus #Earthshine
The waning crescent moon hangs like a jewel in the night sky at 28% illumination.
16 September 2025, Moon at 28%.
Up early to workout and walk the pups. The owls were hoo’ing and the moon was bright before the sun came up!
Telescope: #Celestron #Astromaster70az and #Nikon #D5200
ISO-200 1/125 sec
#SpaceGarbage 🔭
#Moon #Luna #Space #Colorado
The waxing gibbous moon hanging out at 96% illumination this morning.
09 September 2025, Moon at 96%.
Couldn’t catch the moon last night, it’s rising later now. But it was bright this morning while I was walking the dogs before sunrise!
Telescope: #Celestron #Astromaster70az and #Nikon #D5200
ISO-125 1/125 sec
#SpaceGarbage 🔭
#Moon #Luna #Space #Colorado
An orange tinted moon from wildfire smoke, waxing gibbous at 80% illumination.
03 September 2025, Moon at 80%.
Wildfire smoke rolled in this week giving the evening and night skies an orange tint. It’s pretty, I just wish it was for a different reason.
Telescope: #Celestron #Astromaster70az and #Nikon #D5200
ISO-160 1/125 sec
#SpaceGarbage 🔭
#Moon #Luna #Space #Colorado
The waxing gibbous moon hanging out at 62% this week.
01 September 2025, Moon at 62%.
Caught a few lucky breaks this week! Weird timing with the moon lately.
Telescope: #Celestron #Astromaster70az and #Nikon #D5200
ISO-160 1/125 sec
#SpaceGarbage 🔭
#Moon #Luna #Space #Colorado
Bright moon in a blue sky, taken in Denver Colorado.
17 August 2025, Moon at 35%.
Another shining moon in a clear blue sky this morning. Getting a bit harder to capture the crater details now without noise.
Telescope: #Celestron #Astromaster70az and #Nikon #D5200
ISO-160 1/125 sec
#SpaceGarbage 🔭
#Moon #Luna #Space #Colorado
The half moon hangs in the hazy blue morning sky.
16 August 2025, Moon at 46%.
Caught the bright moon in a blue sky this morning between clouds. I can thank my cat (Luna) for waking me up early enough to catch it!
Telescope: #Celestron #Astromaster70az and #Nikon #D5200
ISO-250 1/125 sec
#SpaceGarbage 🔭
#Moon #Luna #Space #Colorado
The waxing gibbous moon at 91% illumination.
06 August 2025, Moon at 91%.
Had a bit of time between house projects to grab a few moon shots finally!
Telescope: #Celestron #Astromaster70az and #Nikon #D5200
ISO-200 1/125 sec
#SpaceGarbage 🔭
#Moon #Luna #Space #Colorado
The waxing crescent moon at 34% illumination.
01 June 2025, Moon at 34%.
The waxing crescent moon during a brief break in the clouds this week.
Telescope: #Celestron #Astromaster70az and #Nikon #D5200
ISO-320 1/125 sec
#SpaceGarbage 🔭
#Moon #Luna #Space #Colorado
The crescent moon at an 8% sliver.
29 May 2025, Moon at 8%.
Cloudy and rainy for a week here, which is great for the lawn, so I’m not complaining. Starting to get some breaks in the clouds now!
Telescope: #Celestron #Astromaster70az and #Nikon #D5200
ISO-400 1/40 sec
#SpaceGarbage 🔭
#Moon #Luna #Space #Colorado
The waxing gibbous moon at 96%.
10 May 2025, Moon at 96%.
One more for the weekend! Unfortunately the full moon was covered by clouds, but the lead up was fun.
Telescope: #Celestron #Astromaster70az and #Nikon #D5200
ISO-160 1/125 sec
#SpaceGarbage 🔭
#Moon #Luna #Space #Colorado
The waxing gibbous moon at 89% illumination.
09 May 2025, Moon at 89%.
Feeling better finally, and a few more moon shots on the way!
Telescope: #Celestron #Astromaster70az and #Nikon #D5200
ISO-160 1/125 sec
#SpaceGarbage 🔭
#Moon #Luna #Colorado
The waxing gibbous moon at 85%!
08 May 2025, Moon at 85%.
Another moon shot from last week. Got a couple more to edit, but I’ve been super under the weather lately. Hopefully things will be ‘looking up’ soon!
Telescope: #Celestron #Astromaster70az and #Nikon #D5200
ISO-160 1/125 sec
#SpaceGarbage 🔭
#Moon #Luna #Colorado
The waxing gibbous moon at 78%. Deep craters line up against the terminator line.
07 May 2025, Moon at 78%.
Had a few clear nights to capture the moon. I haven’t taken many lately while focusing on deep sky images, more moon shots incoming!
Telescope: #Celestron #Astromaster70az and #Nikon #D5200
ISO-200 1/125 sec
#SpaceGarbage 🔭
#Moon #Luna #Colorado
The waxing crescent moon shows off sharp craters along the terminator.
03 May 2025, Moon at 39%.
Getting a few clear nights here, and a nice bright moon to go with it! Best part of summer nights is catching these in a t-shirt.
Telescope: #Celestron #Astromaster70az and #Nikon #D5200
ISO-320 1/125 sec
#SpaceGarbageCo 🔭
#Moon #Luna #Colorado
The waxing crescent moon at 29% illumination shows prominent craters along the terminator.
02 May 2025, Moon at 29%.
I love getting new shots of the moon. It’s so dynamic, always changing, always a good show.
Telescope: #Celestron #Astromaster70az and #Nikon #D5200
ISO-400 1/125 sec
#SpaceGarbageCo 🔭
#Moon #Luna #Colorado
The moon at 95% illumination. Craters can be seen at the bottom left edge.
10 April 2025, Moon at 95%.
Some clear nights and some new targets coming up. But first, we go back to the moon.
Telescope: #Celestron #Astromaster70az and #Nikon #D5200
#SpaceGarbageCo 🔭
#Moon #Luna #Colorado
13 January 2025, Moon and Mars.
I was a bit busy and didn’t catch the full occultation, but I did manage a pretty shot of the Moon and Mars together.
Telescope: #Celestron #Astromaster70az and #Nikon #D5200
#SpaceGarbageCo #Astrophotography #Astrophotos
#Moon #Lunar #Luna
