True Photo of Smiley Face Moon

On 04/25/2025 06:00 am by Howard Cohen | Gainesville, Florida, USA

Photo of "Smiley Face Moon" shows actual appearance of morning eastern sky taken from S.W. Gainesville, Florida at about 6:00 a.m. EDT. Venus is at top, Saturn (about 200x fainter!) to lower right, eight percent waning crescent Moon showing “earthshine” at bottom left.

Camera Canon EOS 5D Mark II
Lens EF28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM at 135 mm
Exposure 2 sec at f/6.7, ISO 3200