Spectacular Silhouette: Skywatcher Sees Plane Crossing Small Full Moon. News. By Nina Sen published 26 December 2011 ... When the moon appears large it’s closest to Earth at a point called perigee.

During the second full moon of the new year, a lot of attention went to the lunar eclipse that bathed it in red light. But it wasn’t just the Earth’s shadow that passed over the moon — there ...

A telephoto with that much magnification can show a lot of detail on the Moon. Obviously! He had to use a very small aperture, which means the exposure times were a relatively long 1/40 th of a ...