The Young Moon in June

Posted by DaveMitsky
on Wednesday, June 8, 2011

by Dave Mitsky 

Here's a photo of the 2.2-day-old crescent Moon that I took with my Canon PowerShot SD980 IS camera from Cherry Springs State Park shortly after 20:50 p.m. EDT on June 3, 2011.  The sky was still quite bright at the time so I darkened it somewhat to make the shot a bit more aesthetic. 

Tags: Moon
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