January's "Lunar Boat"

Posted by DaveMitsky
on Friday, January 27, 2012

by Dave Mitsky

I took this photograph of a two-day-old crescent Moon on the evening of 2012/1/24 using a Canon PowerShot SD980 IS digital camera.  When the Moon is seen as a U-shape, it's known as a lunar boat.

Tags: Moon
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