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Phases of the Moon

The daily phases of the moon. A four year (to date) effort and possibly a lifetime obsession?

The age of the moon is indicated in days and hours beneath each thumbnail. Day 0 hour 0 is a very special moon :-)

On Sept 10, 2007 I ran across a 3 year old image of the 6th day, which I had never uploaded here. That image completes the basic daily lunar phases, except for a 1 day new moon; a difficult subject that I have been chasing for years. Also on this date I replaced days 16 and 18-27 with new images from a marathon continuous run in late August to early September 2007. The old images were moved to a new gallery that will contain these old images in order to preserve old net links. See the main Astro gallery.

On April 25, 2009 I got my one day moon - 20 hours 51 minutes.

A careful inspection of the images reveals some inconsistent daily transitions, which is a result of shooting specific days in different months. Coordinating the varying daily hours within a day at time of capture, plus the varying length of the lunation (orbital period), and librations of the moon make this a very difficult project. As time goes on I will attempt to improve upon these images.
Lunar Montage 7x4 800.jpg
Lunar Montage 7x4 800.jpg
0d 0h 0m
0d 0h 0m
00d 21h
00d 21h
01d 19h
01d 19h
02d 19h
02d 19h
03d 19h
03d 19h
04d 19h
04d 19h
05d 20h
05d 20h
06d 05h
06d 05h
07d 06h
07d 06h
08h 20h
08h 20h
09d 22h
09d 22h
10d 19h
10d 19h
11d 12h
11d 12h
12d 05h
12d 05h
13d 06h
13d 06h
15d 14h
15d 14h
15d 16h
15d 16h
16d 06h
16d 06h
17d 19h
17d 19h
18d 10h
18d 10h
19d 08h
19d 08h
20d 10hr
20d 10hr
21d 10h
21d 10h
22d 10h
22d 10h
23d 10h
23d 10h
24d 10h
24d 10h
25d 10hr
25d 10hr
26d 10h
26d 10h
27d 10h
27d 10h
28d 08h
28d 08h