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Credit & Copyright: Jerry Lodriguss
(Catching the Light)
Explanation:
Have you seen the Moon lately?
On April 18, its waxing sunlit crescent moved through planet Earth's
night across a background of stars
in the Hyades.
Anchored by bright star Aldebaran, the nearby, V-shaped star cluster
and complete lunar orb appear in this telephoto image.
The engaging
skyview is actually digitally composed from a series of
varying exposures.
Recorded in 1/60th of a second, the shortest in the
series captures the Moon's bright crescent in sharp detail.
Longer exposures, ranging up to 15 seconds,
capture fainter background stars as well as
earthshine,
visible to the eye as the earthlit
lunar
night side.
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A service of: LHEA at NASA / GSFC
& Michigan Tech. U.
Based on Astronomy Picture
Of the Day
Publications with keywords: Moon - hyades
Publications with words: Moon - hyades
See also:
- APOD: 2026 September 1 Á A Plane Lunar Eclipse
- APOD: 2026 August 25 Á Earths Shadow Visualized with Lunar Eclipses
- APOD: 2026 May 11 Á Moon Setting Behind Teide Volcano
- APOD: 2026 May 9 Á Messier Craters in Stereo
- APOD: 2026 April 15 Á The ISS Transits the Moon
- APOD: 2026 April 11 Á Artemis II: Flight Day 6
- The Bay of Rainbows