Photography of the Skies by Kozmic Dreams

My Digital Photography of the Moon

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Photos are arranged in reverse chronological order.

August 19, 2024 supermoon, "Blue Moon"

November 8, 2022 Lunar Eclipse

It was cloudy and most of the time, the view was obstructed. This was the only glimpse I got.

Lake Erie Metropark, December 29, 2020

A day before the full moon. I just missed the shot I wanted where the whole moon was glowing. It faded before I could even get my lens on.

September 5/6, 2020 Lunar occultation of Mars

These photos were taken at 11:30 p.m. September 5th and 1:40 a.m September 6th. I had not realized this phenomenon was going to occur tonight and that I probably could have continued taking photos throughout the night. The moon was supposed to pass right over Mars and block it out. I unfortunately missed that. It was still neat to see Mars so close and it appeared especially red next to the moon.

July 3, 2020 nearly full moon and clouds at Conservancy Farm

February 20, 2019

This is a terrible, grainy photo of the moon. I was trying to show that it had a ring around it. I've never seen this phenomenon before. Unfortunately, it was too hard to capture with a hand-held shot, which is all I had time for.

January 20, 2019

Blood wolf moon lunar eclipse. It was -1 outside and very difficult to work the camera, so there aren't many photos. I had trouble getting the settings right until the end.

12:40 a.m.

1:15 a.m.

1:30 a.m.

1:40-1:45 a.m.

The supermoon on November 13, 2016

A day before a full supermoon, November 12, 2016

Nearly full moon on September 16, 2016 about 6 a.m.

The official full moon is not until this evening, but I caught it with a handheld telephoto as it was going down this morning.

June 20, 2016 "Honey Moon"

A rather rare occurrence of a full moon on the Summer Solstice. These are handheld telephoto shots at the moon's true fullness around 4:10 a.m.

September 27, 2015 Blood Supermoon Eclipse

Unfortunately, it was cloudy and the eclipse wasn't visible except for a few moments, which I captured below.

100% Waxing Gibbous Moon on July 14, 2011 at about 10:20 p.m.

A couple hand-held shots on a cloudy night.

Waxing Gibbous Moon on July 10, 2011 at about 9:00 p.m.

Backyard Sunset with Waxing Crescent Moon on July 7, 2011 at 9:20 to 9:24 p.m.

Photos are presented in the order taken. I changed no colors, only brightened a few of the photos. I was surprised how well the moon turned out considering that I wasn't using a tripod. It must be because it wasn't quite dark yet.

Supermoon on March 19, 2011

Tonight was something referred to as a "supermoon" because it is the closest the moon has been to the earth in 18 years at 356,577 kilometers (221,566 miles) away. It was supposed to be a bigger and brighter full moon than usual. I took these photos at around 8:50 pm.

Lunar Eclipse on December 21, 2010 (Frank Zappa's birthday and the winter solstice)

These are the first moon photos I've taken with my telephoto lens. I am not very experienced with the settings yet. Unfortunately, during what was supposed to be the peak of the eclipse, a bunch of clouds came in and blocked out the moon completely from view. It was very disappointing not to be able to photograph the anticipated red color shift I was waiting for. This was the first lunar eclipse on the winter solstice since 1638. The next one is in 2094. Photos are shown in the order taken.

About 1:13 am

About 1:32-1:34 am

About 1:50-1:52 am

About 1:54-2:00 am

The Moon on May 16, 2008

On May 16, 2008, close to midnight, I took these photos of the moon. The last time I was doing a photo shoot of one of my spiders, "Tufts", I noticed that before I had focused in on her, the door about 20 feet away was perfectly in focus. Then I remembered reading somewhere that in a pinch, one could use their macro lens as a telephoto lens. I decided to give it a try tonight on the moon and was surprised by the results. Although they show a lot more detail in the moon than I've ever photographed before, I am looking forward to the day when I can afford to get a nice telephoto lens. The macro photos are the first ones. The others are taken with a 60mm lens.

The Moon on 9-18-05

I hadn't thought to use my camera to photograph any scenes of the sky until 9-18-05, when I saw the moon the day after it was completely full. I wondered if I could digitally capture what I saw. It was necessary to use a tripod, but I was fairly satisfied with the results.

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