Oct 10
Moon
Today as I was sitting on the bus home, I was looking at the colours of the sunset. Then at one point I glanced behind me and saw the top of the moon just edging out from behind a distant hill. Awesome! It took me a moment to realise it was waning gibbous (go to my homepage for too see what that means!), that’s how big it was. It’s always special to catch the moon just as it appears above the horizon. It has a beautiful colour and it’s just simply larger than life. When moonrise takes place around sunset, there’s enough light to go around for fantastic scenic shots with a large moon in the sky. And if the moon happens to be full, it’s worth every effort and frozen fingers to photograph it!
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If you want to find out when moonrise occurs, I can warmly recommend Stig’s Sky Calendar. The link takes you directly to the download page because the online version doesn’t seem to work too well (not on my computer, anyway). So it’s an old piece of software and it talks about Pentium 4, but don’t be put off by this – it will work just fine when you follow the instructions. It’s also easy to add custom locations, it’s just a text file where you add the location coordinates. Of course, there are also plenty of online astronomy calendars, but Stig’s SkyCal offline version is my favourite for the customisation and ease of use. And it’s free!
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