Posted on 07/25/2022 2:09:55 PM PDT by MtnClimber
Explanation: Can you find the Moon? This usually simple task can be quite difficult. Even though the Moon is above your horizon half of the time, its phase can be anything from crescent to full. The featured image was taken in late May from Sant Martí d'Empúries, Spain, over the Mediterranean Sea in the early morning. One reason you can't find this moon is because it is very near to its new phase, when very little of the half illuminated by the Sun is visible to the Earth. Another reason is because this moon is near the horizon and so seen through a long path of Earth's atmosphere -- a path which dims the already faint crescent. Any crescent moon is only visible near the direction the Sun, and so only locatable near sunrise or sunset. The Moon runs through all of its phases in a month (moon-th), and this month the thinnest sliver of a crescent -- a new moon -- will occur in three days.
For more detail go to the link and click on the image for a high definition image. You can then move the magnifying glass cursor then click to zoom in and click again to zoom out. When zoomed in you can scan by moving the side bars on the bottom and right side of the image.
Its tough to see, but it is adjacent to the old one
Had to use max zoom on this old Kindle to see it. Cool.
Tried and tried but no luck.
I used 2x on my cell camera and found it right in the center.
That is the smallest crescent Moon I have ever seen!
My compliments to the photographer!
Why would it not be ‘aiming’ at the horizon ?
Where on the planet would this image have been taken ?
I call fake. The sun would have to be almost on top of this new moon. That is not the case in this photo. PHOTO SHOP POLICE ALERT.
I remember the first time I was in a place with air clear enough to see a dark moon visible due to earthshine on it.
That’s a very new moon. Such a tiny sliver.
I thought I found it, but it as an old coffee stain on my screen......................
Found it!....................................
“The sun would have to be almost on top of this new moon.”
Silly Freeper. If that happened the new moon would burn up.
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It’s behind that elephant.
Found it. I had to go to 300% magnification on my desktop. Nice!
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