Lunar Gallery

The waning crescent Moon imaged during daylight, July 9, 2026, using the Askar 103 APO telescope equipped with an infrared pass filter. The image has been rotated 90° clockwise for aesthetic reasons. Photo credit: James Guilford.

Earth’s Moon is fascinating to us as as a subject for nightscape photography, as well as telescopic observation and imaging. Viewed in particular ways, Moon can be full of color, or blindingly white and featureless; it can be a circle full and round, or a thin crescent floating in twilight. Lighting conditions on the lunar surface are constantly changing as lunar days and nights pass, creating phases. Occasionally, Earth’s shadow is cast upon Moon resulting in eclipses both dark and coppery red. Not to be outdone, Moon makes eclipses of its own, coming between Earth and Sun, making Solar eclipses. This page is devoted to images of our nearest neighbor in space, a place where we will post some of our favorite images.