A 99.7% Illuminated Moon in Scorpius
Luna is a 14.4 day old full blue micromoon, the second in May, 2026.
At 11:19 p.m. EDT, the moon's altitude was 17° 47'. The color is
balanced to match the perceived color at the time the picture
was taken. The view is rotated North up.
Date: 31 August 2023
FOV: 51' × 34'; the angular size of the Moon is 29.6'
Rotation: 0.020°
Telescope: Celestron 9.25" EdgeHD (1632mm, f/7
with Celestron 0.7× reducer)
Guiding: tracking only
Computer: ASIair plus 256G
Mount: ZWO AM7
Camera: ASI6200MC Pro at -10°C
Pixel size: 3.76 μm
Resolution: 2.596 arcsec/pixel
Filter: Optolong UV/IR cut
Stacking: five 100 microseconds frames using PixInsight
Calibration frames: none
Total Time: 500 microseconds
Processing: Pixinsight – FFTRegistration, ColorCalibration, GHS,
MultiLinearTransform, CurvesTransformation, DynCrop/Scale
Location: Darling Hill Observatory near Vesper, NY
