Shooting the moon is easy, but not trivial. A steady mount is paramount. Exposures are short for the most part, and tracking is not necessary for short exposures. Slightly longer exposures are required for closeups and tracking is required for earthshine photos.

New! October 27th Lunar Eclipse Trail 10/27/2004	New! November 8th Lunar Eclipse Sequence 11/8/2003	Lunar Eclipse: Totality 5/15/2003	Lunar Eclipse: Partial Phase 5/15/2003	Earthshine 8/4/2002
Waning Crescent 8/4/2002	Equatorial region 8/2/2002	Waning Crescent 8/2/2002	Southern hemisphere 7/20/2002	Northern hemisphere 7/20/2002
Northern hemisphere 7/20/2002	Southern hemisphere 7/20/2002	Waxing Gibbous 7/20/2002	Waning Crescent 7/5/2002	Waning Crescent 7/4/2002
Equatorial region 5/19/2002	Northern hemisphere 5/19/2002	First Quarter 5/19/2002	Waxing Crescent 5/16/2002	Earthshine 9/15/2001
Waning Crescent 9/15/2001	Northern hemisphere 9/9/2001	Northern hemisphere 9/9/2001	Southern hemisphere 9/9/2001	Waning Gibbous 9/9/2001
Waning Gibbous 9/8/2001	Northern hemisphere 8/22/2001	Southern hemisphere 8/22/2001	First Quarter 8/22/2001	Last Quarter 7/14/2001
Southern hemisphere 7/13/2001	Last Quarter 7/13/2001	Waning Gibbous 6/10/2001	Waning Gibbous 6/9/2001	Northern hemisphere 11/6/2000
Equatorial region 11/6/2000	Waxing Gibbous 11/6/2000	Waning Gibbous 8/20/2000	Waning Gibbous 6/23/2000	Northern hemisphere 10/2/1999
Southern hemisphere 10/2/1999	Equatorial region 10/2/1999	Equatorial region 10/2/1999	Equatorial region 10/2/1999	Northern hemisphere 10/2/1999
Southern hemisphere 10/2/1999	Last Quarter 10/2/1999	Southern hemisphere 9/25/1999	Southern hemisphere 9/25/1999	Waxing Gibbous 9/1999
First Quarter 9/19/1999	Waxing Gibbous 8/30/1999

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