Is this the Moon?
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It looks like a gibbous (nearly full) moon not a new moon.
If it was taken today then it definitely isn't the Moon for at least three reasons -
- Earthshine requires roughly 1s-8s exposure at f5.6-f8 and ISO 100-400.
- At daylight exposure values, earthshine/new moon would not be visible in the photo.
- At new moon, the Moon is very close to the Sun in the sky.
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Thanks for the reply. The sun is right behind the clouds to lower left of the spherical object so it seems to be roughly where the moon should be. Couldn't be nearly full since it would be on the other side of the planet. Will try to get some more details.OzEclipse wrote: ↑Sun Jan 26, 2020 5:38 am
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It looks like a gibbous (nearly full) moon not a new moon.
If it was taken today then it definitely isn't the Moon for at least three reasons -
- Earthshine requires roughly 1s-8s exposure at f5.6-f8 and ISO 100-400.
- At daylight exposure values, earthshine/new moon would not be visible in the photo.
- At new moon, the Moon is very close to the Sun in the sky.
Joe
Any idea what else it could be?
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Which isn't to say that it is impossible. I have heard of people who go to some lengths to try to capture the very thin crescents that can sometimes be captured (very carefully) at or near new moon. You might find this interesting: https://earthsky.org/astronomy-essentia ... visibility
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Any ideas on what else it could be?
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Re: Is this the Moon?
If the photo was taken today from Virginia and the Sun is bottom left of the image, then it's not an Earth shine illuminated image of the new Moon because the Moon is east of the Sun today.
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It seems to be caused by internal reflection of sunlight within the camera.
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i would say where that very bright illuminated cloud is,is where the sun is at and the corresponding equal distance is where the reflection is.
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