The Moon tonight, waning gibbous, Nov. 25, 2018.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

[iluvtennis]

1. Beautiful. Thanks for the post. Had to recall waxing and waning :-)

[CaliforniaPeggy]

2. Thanks so much! Yeah, waxing and waning sometimes get me too.

Not for long, usually.

[Ciaphas Cain]

3. ●

Wonderful!

[CaliforniaPeggy]

4. Thanks so much, and welcome to DU, Ciaphas Cain!

[linuxuser3]

5. Re: The Moon tonight

Hi Peggy. You aren't originally from OH are you? I knew a Peggy in the Bay Area from OH years ago.

This isn't actually one I took, it's from a friend who took it rising above Mission Peak in the Bay Area on a hike right before sunset years ago



He has good camera, good lenses on it. That's actually a 100% crop of the moon in the original pic. Not anywhere near as large as your pic, I think he was using maybe a 70mm lens at the time he took it. Mine is a point & click with wide angle, non-changeable lens. So when I shoot the moon it comes out itty-bitty tiny at best, even when I zoom in on it all the way. You two got me beat on moon detail image quality

[CaliforniaPeggy]

6. Sorry, I'm not the Peggy you knew from Ohio!

Thanks for sharing the photo.

For really good quality moon photos (or any kind, for that matter) you need a first rate DSLR with a big lens. The lens I have now is Tamron 18mm--400mm. That lens got me the photo I posted here. I LOVE my lens!

They aren't cheap but for me, they're worth it.