Astronomy Picture of the Day - Gibbous Moon beyond Swedish Mountain

NASA ^ | 12 Nov, 2023 | Image Credit & Copyright: Göran Strand

[MtnClimber]

Explanation: This is a gibbous Moon. More Earthlings are familiar with a full moon, when the entire face of Luna is lit by the Sun, and a crescent moon, when only a sliver of the Moon's face is lit. When more than half of the Moon is illuminated, though, but still short of full illumination, the phase is called gibbous. Rarely seen in television and movies, gibbous moons are quite common in the actual night sky. The featured image was taken in Jämtland, Sweden near the end of 2018 October. That gibbous moon turned, in a few days, into a crescent moon, and then a new moon, then back to a crescent, and a few days past that, back to gibbous. Setting up to capture a picturesque gibbous moonscape, the photographer was quite surprised to find an airplane, surely well in the foreground, appearing to fly past it.

[MtnClimber]

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[Red Badger]

That’s no moon.......

[Sirius Lee]

I love that the pic captured a Moonbase interceptor going after a UFO.

[MtnClimber]

What if the aircraft was not in the foreground, but was actually in the background?

[Sirius Lee]

Well then we’re not talking about interceptors, but Eagles.

[Telepathic Intruder]

"gibbous moons are quite common in the actual night sky"

The most common phase you'll see at night, in fact, since the angular distance from the sun is greater than at crescent phase.

[telescope115]

That is a neat picture.

[heartwood]

That looks like it was taken on a different planet.

[Vaquero]

Then the craft would be HUGE

[dr_lew2]

Check https://astrofotografen.se/en/

This image is on his title page, but it has a “blowing snow” loop. It’s absolutely seamless ... not even sure how he did it.

Nevertheless, the moon phase checks out.

[AFB-XYZ]

Good to “see” you; I was beginning to wonder where you were. Not online much these days due to heavy workload, so have probably missed some of your posts. Always enjoy your knowledge and insight.

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

Looks almost like something you would see in a Sci-Fi movie.

[minnesota_bound]

gibbous Moon?
Isn’t that a monkey moon?

[Telepathic Intruder]

Just getting my $10 worth.