By Pamela Cubberly | 2026-06-07
Waning Daytime Moon - 41%
On 06/09/2026 08:36 am by Mandy Daniels | Website | Derbyshire, UK
This was a tricky one to capture and process as it was captured about 5 hours after sunrise with the Sun in the sky, thus contrast was extremely low, brightness and colour of the Moon about the same as the sky and atmospheric thermal conditions wreaking havoc on focusing attempts. Tomorrow's attempt is planned for 04:00 to reduce the problems, clouds permitting!
Time: 08:36:14 UTC
Altitude: 33° 45'
Distance: 376 536 km
Phase: 41%
Exposure: f/5.9, 1/640s, ISO-100
Focal Length: 1200 mm
Nikon Z8
Skywatcher 200P
PIPP & Autostakkert: Pre-process & stack 25% of 144 captured frames
GIMP: Crop, adjust curves, exposure, colour temperature, colour balance, sharpen.