Sun and Moon

The Sun and Moon Gallery features images of the closest star to Earth and our Moon. Gallery highlights include: solar eclipses, flares, prominences, and spots, as well as lunar eclipses, craters, and basins.

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Solar mosaic - 1 Oct 2011 Posted by CraigAndTammy on Tue, Oct 11, 2011 9:14 PM 4 comments Viewed 474 times Downloaded 58 times	Solar Mosaic - January 15, 2012 Posted by CraigAndTammy on Wed, Jan 18, 2012 8:43 PM 4 comments Viewed 391 times Downloaded 43 times	JET LAG!!! Posted by kohamher1 on Sun, Jan 22, 2012 7:43 PM 4 comments Viewed 447 times Downloaded 38 times
There are monsters on the Sun Posted by Rodrigo Andolfato on Fri, Mar 23, 2012 1:21 AM 4 comments Viewed 371 times Downloaded 33 times	SMILEY FACE!!! Posted by kohamher1 on Sun, Jan 15, 2012 9:39 PM 3 comments Viewed 528 times Downloaded 44 times	Sun 3 to 11 January 2012 Posted by MROCKENBACH on Tue, Jan 17, 2012 9:59 AM 3 comments Viewed 399 times Downloaded 39 times
2-day-old Moon Posted by David123429 on Sun, Mar 25, 2012 4:45 PM 3 comments Viewed 411 times Downloaded 34 times	Sunspots 1226 and 1227 in H-alpha May 29, 2011 Posted by mborman on Tue, May 31, 2011 9:54 PM 3 comments Viewed 522 times Downloaded 40 times	Red Moon Rising Posted by tkerr on Fri, Apr 10, 2009 4:23 PM 3 comments Viewed 1396 times Downloaded 40 times
The Occultation of Antares, 2009/6/6 Posted by DaveMitsky on Mon, Jun 15, 2009 6:07 PM 3 comments Viewed 1678 times Downloaded 49 times	West of the Caucasus, East of Hadley Posted by zachsdad on Wed, Jul 1, 2009 6:21 PM 3 comments Viewed 1011 times Downloaded 38 times	Stormy occultation Posted by Mirphak on Tue, Jul 21, 2009 2:56 PM 3 comments Viewed 3368 times Downloaded 55 times
Boussingault Crater Posted by Jaicoa2 on Sat, Jun 27, 2009 7:51 PM 2 comments Viewed 957 times Downloaded 49 times	Moon and Mars Posted by Mirphak on Fri, Jun 26, 2009 10:38 AM 2 comments Viewed 772 times Downloaded 44 times	The Moon's South Pole area Posted by Tarsoudis on Thu, Dec 3, 2009 9:09 PM 2 comments Viewed 767 times Downloaded 40 times
Copernicus Crater Posted by Starfinder10 on Fri, Dec 11, 2009 2:34 PM 2 comments Viewed 1029 times Downloaded 54 times	The Moon approaches Venus 22 Apr 2009 Posted by Michael Bakich on Wed, Apr 22, 2009 4:59 PM 2 comments Viewed 1165 times Downloaded 45 times	First Quarter Moon - incredible detail Posted by Michael Bakich on Fri, Apr 10, 2009 8:40 PM 2 comments Viewed 2175 times Downloaded 53 times
The Lunar X, 2009/3/3 Posted by DaveMitsky on Thu, Mar 5, 2009 4:36 AM 2 comments Viewed 2711 times Downloaded 63 times	Waxing gibbous Moon 7-27-12 Posted by astrocreep on Thu, Aug 2, 2012 4:41 PM 2 comments Viewed 265 times Downloaded 41 times	Craters Theophillus & Cyrillus 3/2/09 Posted by WABarry on Wed, Mar 11, 2009 5:06 AM 2 comments Viewed 1766 times Downloaded 43 times