Tag: moon set

Crescent Moon and Evening Star

May 19, 2026

Monday May 18 was a mostly rainy, windy day in Kitimat. Late in the evening, just after ten, I stepped out on my deck and saw through a break in the clouds, the crescent new moon and a bright star. A quick check on the Sky Map app (link to web version) on my phone […]

Shooting the October Hunter’s Moon and Jupiter

November 3, 2023

The weather was cold and clear in Kitimat at the end of October, which give me three days of opportunity to photograph the full Hunter’s Moon that was also close to the planet Jupiter. The close shots of the Moon and Jupiter were shot with my Sony Alpha 7II  and a Sigma 100-499mm lens (not […]