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Peter Lowenstein
Mutare, Zimbabwe
01/06/2020
01:09 am

Equipment Details:

Tripod-mounted Panasonic Lumix DMC-TZ60 in sunset mode

Post-processing Details:

GOM Video Player and Photoshop Elements 15 - advanced video screen capture, selection of nine frames and compilation of mosaic

Image Details:

Waxing Moon with Golden Handle Setting
A few minutes after 1 am on Monday the Waxing Moon displaying a Golden Handle was captured setting on the northern shoulder of Christmas Pass. The golden handle is a play of light on the high peaks of the Lunar Montes Jura area along the terminator line, visible four to five days before full Moon. Unlike on a previous occasion last May when the terminator was almost horizontal (https://earthsky.org/todays-image/photo-waxing-moon-with-golden-handle ), this morning’s terminator was much more steeply tilted with respect to the local horizon.

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