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Peter Lowenstein
Mutare, Zimbabwe
03/25/2020
06:15 pm

Equipment Details:

Panasonic Lumix DMC-TZ60 in sunset mode

Post-processing Details:

Photoshop Elements 15 - Image size reduction with slight adjustment of contrast to bring out the Moon

Image Details:

Very Young Moon Setting
On Wednesday 25th the very thin crescent Moon (just 31 hours old) was seen setting behind the summit of Murahwa Mountain close to the where the Sun had gone down about an hour earlier. Although the sky was almost clear save for a lone dark cloud above the mountain, a strongly colored sunset twilight arch developed half an hour after sunset which was so bright that it prevented the young Moon from appearing above the glare until it was quite close to the horizon (this picture).

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