Posted on 04/12/2025 11:55:06 AM PDT by MtnClimber
Explanation: Most of us watch the Moon at night. But the Moon spends nearly as many daylight hours above our horizon, though in bright daytime skies the lunar disk looks pale and can be a little harder to see. Of course in daytime skies the Moon also appears to cycle through its phases, shining by reflected sunlight as it orbits our fair planet. For daytime moonwatchers, the Moon is probably easier to spot when the visible sunlit portion of the lunar disk is large and waxing following first quarter or waning approaching its third quarter phase. And though it might look unusual, a daytime moon is often seen even in urban skies. Captured here in a telephoto snapshot taken on March 12, a waxing daytime Moon is aligned near the edge of a popular observation deck that overlooks New York City's borough of Manahattan.
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I hope the engineers accounted for all that extra weight.
Is that Miami?
It is in New York (Manhattan). I don’t know which building.
Cool pic!
I often live life on the edge but that’s way cooler than mine.
Isn’t that a photoshop? The Moon never looks that large in the sky, does it? Unfortunately jiggering photos esp. the Moon is very common with editing software now
A high magnification lens backed off from the near object will make the far object seem relatively larger. It is a common photography technique.
#2 that balcony is made of Chinese steel....
Great shot of it resting on the balcony!
So, does the balcony slope? Or the windows/floors?
I have seen it before starting when I was young but it's seems to me it's becoming easier to see during the day. Is the air getting cleaner?
Well sure, but here, they obviously superimposed a magnified image to make the shot look a lot more dramatic.
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