InstaSnap - August 05 2016 at 09:45PM

The evening crescent tonight ? below the moon was Mercury - very dimly lit, and further below close to the horizon, the next brightest object in the sky after the moon - Venus. Jupiter was sitting slightly higher, and also bright. It was a nice line up - before the clouds ☁ and rain ☔ moved in. The waxing crescent was about 7% illuminated tonight - you can see the part of the moon which is not lit by the sun - this is called the Earthshine - caused by the reflection of sunlight from the Earth. Anyways happy mooning weekend! ? - Auckland, NZ ? - Fujifilm X-T1, 50-230mm, f/6.7, 1.3s, ISO200 ? - Lightroom

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