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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Moon, Day 6 Posted by ThomKat on Fri, May 21, 2010 1:42 PM 0 comments Viewed 52708 times Downloaded 40 times	Phases of the Moon Posted by twombold on Sat, Jul 17, 2010 4:10 AM 0 comments Viewed 8914 times Downloaded 124 times	Partial Solar Eclipse Posted by jettm42 on Fri, Jan 15, 2010 4:30 PM 1 comments Viewed 4401 times Downloaded 43 times
Total Solar Eclipse seen from upper deck of the Cruiser near Iwo Jima Island Posted by Michal Zolnowski on Mon, Aug 3, 2009 8:48 PM 1 comments Viewed 4284 times Downloaded 62 times	September 2009 "Fruit Moon" Posted by CraigAndTammy on Sun, Sep 6, 2009 3:32 AM 0 comments Viewed 3785 times Downloaded 52 times	Acropolis moonrise. Posted by Elias C on Tue, Jun 30, 2009 8:48 PM 0 comments Viewed 3457 times Downloaded 86 times
Stormy occultation Posted by Mirphak on Tue, Jul 21, 2009 2:56 PM 3 comments Viewed 3369 times Downloaded 55 times	Perigee Full Moon Rising Over the Parthenon Posted by ayiomamitis on Sat, Jan 30, 2010 10:55 PM 0 comments Viewed 3058 times Downloaded 66 times	Waxing Moon phases shot through Canon SX120IS Posted by Ronny.Trichy on Mon, Dec 27, 2010 2:20 PM 0 comments Viewed 2989 times Downloaded 67 times
The Lunar X, 2009/3/3 Posted by DaveMitsky on Thu, Mar 5, 2009 4:36 AM 2 comments Viewed 2712 times Downloaded 63 times	Prominences Posted by Michael Bakich on Thu, Jan 8, 2009 8:21 PM 0 comments Viewed 2551 times Downloaded 94 times	Full moon and tree silhouette. Posted by Elias C on Thu, Nov 26, 2009 9:50 PM 0 comments Viewed 2551 times Downloaded 59 times
Moonrise sequence Posted by Michael Bakich on Thu, Jan 8, 2009 8:39 PM 0 comments Viewed 2549 times Downloaded 47 times	Crescent Moon, Venus, and the Pleiades 4-16-10 Posted by CraigAndTammy on Fri, May 14, 2010 2:29 PM 0 comments Viewed 2354 times Downloaded 64 times	Hunter' s Moon over Athens, Greece. Posted by Elias C on Fri, Jul 3, 2009 12:22 PM 0 comments Viewed 2339 times Downloaded 57 times
Orange Moon Rising Posted by DaveMitsky on Thu, Mar 5, 2009 7:48 AM 0 comments Viewed 2187 times Downloaded 48 times	First Quarter Moon - incredible detail Posted by Michael Bakich on Fri, Apr 10, 2009 8:40 PM 2 comments Viewed 2177 times Downloaded 54 times	Perigee New Moon over Sounion Posted by ayiomamitis on Thu, Oct 15, 2009 6:47 PM 0 comments Viewed 2085 times Downloaded 77 times
Sunset through a spider web Posted by DeanCCD on Sun, Jan 25, 2009 3:15 AM 1 comments Viewed 2054 times Downloaded 65 times	Solar eclipse through tree leaves Posted by dragon76 on Mon, May 21, 2012 6:23 AM 0 comments Viewed 2026 times Downloaded 127 times	Full Moon rises over the Parthenon of Athens Posted by Elias C on Tue, Oct 6, 2009 8:16 PM 0 comments Viewed 2000 times Downloaded 52 times