The two-day-old waxing crescent Moon near Mercury, which was itself 2 days before its greatest elongation in the western evening sky, and best placed for the year from northern latitudes. Earthshine lights the dark side of the Moon. This is a single exposure with the 200mm lens and Canon 6D MkII, taken from home.
The gathering of the two-day-old waxing crescent Moon near Mercury, which was itself 2 days before its greatest elongation in the western evening sky, and best placed for the year from northern latitudes. The pair sit much higher in the sky than Venus, below, which was just beginning its months' long evening appearance for the year, while Mercury was at the peak of its brief evening show for spring 2021. This is a blend of a stack of 8 exposures for the ground to smooth noise and one exposure for the sky, all with the 50mm Sigma lens and Canon 6D MkII, taken from home.
The close Full Moon, dubbed the Pink Supermoon, of April 26, 2021, with it low in a blue twilight sky about 30 minutes after moonrise, and with the Moon still reddened by the atmosphere. The top limb is red and bottom limb green with atmospheric refraction. This is a single image, 1/20 second at ISO 100 with the Canon 6D MkII through the Astro-Physics 130mm EDT refractor with a 2x Barlow for f/12 and 1560mm focal length.
