The Waxing Gibbous Moon

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The Waxing Gibbous Moon

Other avalible sizes of this photograph:
1500 x 1800 px

Equipment and other photo info:
Moon picture taken on January 25th, 2007.
Celestron C10-N f/4,7, Logitech Fusion (mozaic of 14 photos)
Processing software: RegiStax 4.0, PhotoShop CS2

Object info:
The waxing gibbous Moon is very nearly full and illuminated generally from the right. By that time the gibbous Moon is well above the southeastern horizon. The Moon is in this phase for nearly a week between first quarter and full. Just a day or so before Full Moon the waxing gibbous Moon appears nearly full and might be mistaken for a full Moon.

More information about this object at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moon

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