Big, bright and shiny tonight. Lots of crunchy craters along the edge; all the fresh white craters Tycho, Copernicus, Proclus, Aristarchus (some with rays, some not), Gassendi on the edge of Mare Humorum and Plato on the edge of Mare Imbrium; and just the barest hint of Mare Australe on the Far Side peeking over the rim on the right, a little muddled by the yellow refraction ring. Gibbous is my favorite Moon phase, it’s a spherical permutation that is unlike just about everything else in nature except for astronomical objects. #iphoneastrophotography #Moon #lunarphotography #mareimbrium #mareaustrale #marehumorum #tycho #copernicus #gassendi #plateo #proclus #aristarchus #waxinggibbous #gibbousismyfavoritemoonphase https://www.instagram.com/p/CM5z8YmFqNW/?igshid=1ncw9xmub01l1
