Waxing Moon

Another shot later in this month's lunar cycle, taken with my DSLR.  Rather than stack a series of images, this is a single exposure with a bit of post-processing in Photoshop to adjust levels and a mild sharpen.

At this phase, the terminator can be seen cutting through the Imbrium basin, one of my favourite areas of the Moon; the highlands around Sinus Iridum just peeping above the shadows into the early morning sunlight.

Compared to the previous shot, the Mare Crisium has also clearly moved closer to the limb, showing the effect known as libration as the Moon oscillates in it's orbit around the Earth.

Still need to resurrect the scope to get some quality close-up's!

16th November