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| The 2 Day Old Crescent Moon - handheld RAW image copped and taken with a Canon 600d DSLR at f=175mm and ISO800 - credit: Pip Stakkert. |
" On the 15th March 2021, the new Moon was observed setting in the west low above the Jodrell Plank Observatory. There was some cloud but this only added to the overall beauty of the moment. The illuminated thin crescent was observable to the eye right to the extremities of its points or horns. The overall lunar disc was just discernable in reflected 'earthshine' or 'ashen glow'. In times gone by this event was described as the "The old moon in the new moon's arms". On the 16th March, both the crescent and the ashen glow were much brighter." - Kurt Thrust current Director of the Jodrell Plank Observatory.
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