Cheapskate's Moon Page

The Moon

Earth's Only Natural Satellite

Also called Luna, Selene and Artemis.
Distance: Varies (about 240,000 miles).
Size: 2160 miles.
Surface Temperature: 273ºF to -244ºF.
Orbital Period: 27.3 days.
Rotational Period: Also 27.3 days.
Because the orbital and rotational periods are the same, the same side of the moon always faces Earth. However, it wobbles slightly. This motion, called libration, can be seen in the Lunar Phase Video.
It can be viewed in several formats:
MOV • MP4 • AVI

Learn more about the moon here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moon
http://www.nineplanets.org/luna.html

Click on a photo to enlarge

The Total Eclipse of 08.28.2007.
This is a stack of 20 exposures,
.6 seconds each, at ISO 1600.

View a time-lapse animation
of the eclipse:
MP4
MOV

A mosaic of the eclipse. Exposures were taken 20 minutes apart.

The Harvest Moon
10.06.2006

A full moon colorized in PhotoShop by enhancing the color saturation. Shot at prime focus,
Canon 10D camera,
ISO 200, 1/500th sec.
02.01.2007

An exceptionally sharp image of a nearly full moon. 08.06.2006

Another moon colorized in PhotoShop by enhancing the color saturation. This one turned out green.

Earthshine. The dark part of the moon is illuminated by sunlight reflected from the Earth.
06.27.2006

The moon just over one day old.
06.27.2006

Arzachel Crater
08.16.2006

A heavily cratered area.
08.15.2006

A wider view of the heavily cratered area shown above.
08.15.2006

Crater Tycho.
12.04.2006

Mare Imbrium (top), Mare Serenitatis (bottom).
08.15.2006

Mare Imbrium. The same area shown at left, shot one day later.
08.16.2006

Crater Tycho.
02.09.2006

A large lunar sea.
06.05.2006

A lunar sea (bottom) and craters.
06.05.2006

Lunar seas (maria).
06.11.2006

A large area of maria. Note the rays of meteor impacts (ejecta) at bottom.
06.10.2006

More lunar seas.
06.13.2006

Maria and craters.
06.13.2006

Crater Tycho and surrounding craters.
06.15.2006

Detail along the lunar limb.
07.07.2006

Crater Tycho.
07.07.2006

A large image showing the entire terminator.

The Moon photographed in 1999 on negative film.

A lunar halo. These are caused by ice crystals in the stmosphere.

Daytime moon with bird.

Lunar halo. Focal length 8mm.

Moon / Venus conjunction.
05.19.2007

Moon / Venus conjunction.
03.21.2007

Moon / Venus conjunction.
03.21.2007

Moon / Mars / Pleiades grouping. 08.07.2007

Moon / Mars grouping.
11.26.07

The Sun had already set, but the plane was high enough to be in the last bit of sunshine.

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Photos and text ©2008 Eric A. Jacob

The Moon Earth's Only Natural Satellite Also called Luna, Selene and Artemis. Distance: Varies (about 240,000 miles). Size: 2160 miles. Surface Temperature: 273ºF to -244ºF. Orbital Period: 27.3 days. Rotational Period: Also 27.3 days. Because the orbital and rotational periods are the same, the same side of the moon always faces Earth. However, it wobbles slightly. This motion, called libration, can be seen in the Lunar Phase Video. It can be viewed in several formats: MOV • MP4 • AVI Learn more about the moon here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moon http://www.nineplanets.org/luna.html Click on a photo to enlarge
	The Total Eclipse of 08.28.2007. This is a stack of 20 exposures, .6 seconds each, at ISO 1600. View a time-lapse animation of the eclipse: MP4 MOV	A mosaic of the eclipse. Exposures were taken 20 minutes apart.
	The Harvest Moon 10.06.2006	A full moon colorized in PhotoShop by enhancing the color saturation. Shot at prime focus, Canon 10D camera, ISO 200, 1/500th sec. 02.01.2007
	An exceptionally sharp image of a nearly full moon. 08.06.2006	Another moon colorized in PhotoShop by enhancing the color saturation. This one turned out green.
	Earthshine. The dark part of the moon is illuminated by sunlight reflected from the Earth. 06.27.2006	The moon just over one day old. 06.27.2006
	Arzachel Crater 08.16.2006	A heavily cratered area. 08.15.2006
	A wider view of the heavily cratered area shown above. 08.15.2006	Crater Tycho. 12.04.2006
	Mare Imbrium (top), Mare Serenitatis (bottom). 08.15.2006	Mare Imbrium. The same area shown at left, shot one day later. 08.16.2006
	Crater Tycho. 02.09.2006	A large lunar sea. 06.05.2006
	A lunar sea (bottom) and craters. 06.05.2006	Lunar seas (maria). 06.11.2006
	A large area of maria. Note the rays of meteor impacts (ejecta) at bottom. 06.10.2006	More lunar seas. 06.13.2006
	Maria and craters. 06.13.2006	Crater Tycho and surrounding craters. 06.15.2006
	Detail along the lunar limb. 07.07.2006	Crater Tycho. 07.07.2006



	A large image showing the entire terminator.	The Moon photographed in 1999 on negative film.
	A lunar halo. These are caused by ice crystals in the stmosphere.	Daytime moon with bird.
	Lunar halo. Focal length 8mm.	Moon / Venus conjunction. 05.19.2007
	Moon / Venus conjunction. 03.21.2007	Moon / Venus conjunction. 03.21.2007
	Moon / Mars / Pleiades grouping. 08.07.2007	Moon / Mars grouping. 11.26.07
	The Sun had already set, but the plane was high enough to be in the last bit of sunshine.
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