Montage of Very Young Moon setting in approaching darkness 6.28-6.29 pm.

In the evening on Sunday 24th August, the very young (34 hrs old) 2% illuminated waxing crescent Moon was photographed descending and setting in heat hazed volcanic sunset sky above Murahwa Mountain to the west of Mutare between 6 and 6.30 pm. This made the thin Moon difficult to see both early in bright conditions and late in low light when a final sequence of 9 images of the Moon disappearing behind the summit of the mountain was captured. The latter required time-consuming and intensive post-processing to enhance visibility of the Moon which could no longer be seen with the naked eye! The August New Moon which fell at 6.06 UTC (8.06 am local time in Mutare) on the 23rd was a rare Black Moon defined as the third new moon in a season of four new moons. More information on Black Moons at https://earthsky.org/astronomy-essentials/black-moon-new-moon-monthly-seasonal/

Tripod-mounted Panasonic Lumix DMC-ZS40 in handheld night shot mode.

Compilation of montage of nine images of heat hazed moon setting in approaching darkness. These had to be intensively post-processed to enhance visibility of the Moon which could not be seen with the naked eye.