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Mare Imbrium, the Sea of Showers, as it appeared during Moon’s Last Quarter phase on the morning of August 5, 2026. The distinct crater with spidery ejecta lines radiating from it is Copernicus. With a diameter of about 711 miles, Imbrium is one of the largest craters in the Solar System. A colossal impact from a protoplanetary object during the Late Heavy Bombardment produced the huge ring nearly four billion years ago. Image Credit: Stella-Luna Observatory / James Guilford #moon #moonjoy

Crater upon crater, upon crater, upon crater.... The battered southern area of Earth's Moon as it appeared the morning of August 5, during the Last Quarter phase. That crater at the upper center of this image, the one with a prominent central peak, is Tycho. The wider crater, at lower center, with an arc of five craters across its floor, is Clavius. Others are, perhaps, too numerous to mention! #Moonjoy

It may be midweek but today was "Moonday". The Last Quarter phase meant the western regions of Moon were brightly illuminated this morning for a daylight imaging session. Of particular interest was *Mare Orientale* peeking over the lunar limb, its mountainous walls roughening Moon's rim. The dark central region was also visible. This sea/crater is about 560 miles across and was formed by the impact of an object, possibly 40 miles in diameter. #Moonjoy

Luna up close, 5.

My sharpest views yet of the lunar surface. Very pleased with my new 3x Barlow lens! Now to wait for clear dark skies to bring Jupiter and Saturn a little closer.

#photography #astrophotography #astronomy #Astrodon #moon #lunarcraters #smartphoneastronomy #moonjoy

Luna up close, 4.

Night into day (video).

“I am loving the terminator… What it does to the features of the moon, to the terrain… There’s just so much magic in the terminator — islands of light, the valleys that look like black holes you’d fall straight to the center of the moon… It’s just so visually captivating. The terminator is the most striking thing that I’ve seen so far.”

— Artemis II pilot Victor Glover

#astronomy #Astrodon #video #moon #lunarcraters #smartphoneastronomy #moonjoy

Listening to @somafm's Mission Control channel all day in honor of the anniversary of the moon landing. #MoonJoy

Rise is here!!! My Rise plushie found its way. Moon joy forever! I love the shirt too. #rise #riseplushie #nasa #artemisii #moonjoy #artemisii

Lunar Southern Hemisphere featuring Crater Tycho. This was the view near midnight the night of June 27, local time, as Moon was in its late gibbous phase -- 97% illuminated. Moon's southern areas show heavy bombardment, much of it not paved over by lava flows. Many ghostly craters appear to float like smoke rings amid the chaos. #moon #moonjoy #astronomy #lunar

After recent struggles in an effort to get sharp images from the old C11 telescope, it was a pleasure to observe Earth's Moon through the Askar 103 APO refractor! Clouds drifted through at various densities but -- oh, my! -- what a fine view! What the little Askar lacks in focal length, it possesses in sharpness. So we excitedly present this image of our Gibbous Moon!

97% illumination, as imaged on June 27, 2026, at 11:51 PM EDT local time!

#moon #moonjoy #askar #telescopes

Southern Moon and telescope trial

This is the southern end of Earth’s waxing gibbous phase Moon, as imaged late Tuesday night. The heavily-cratered area along the terminator includes Crater Tycho — with a central peak lit by the rising Sun — and the dark circular expanse of Clavius, with the top of its western crater wall extending into the deep shadows of the terminator. We used the old Celestron C11 for this session as we continue to evaluate its performance and condition. We continue to be concerned about whether the telescope’s focus issue is simple collimation or some more serious combination of problems.

The negative, or inverted rendition of one of Monday's morning moonshots. I like these because, well, they're an unusual way to view astronomical images and some of the more delicate details show a bit better -- I mean just look at those ejecta rays around the craters! #moonjoy #moon #astronomy

Lunar Blueprints. This morning, before stowing equipment for the duration of upcoming days of cloudy weather, we aimed the 11-inch scope at Earth's Moon. These images were captured at about 7:50 AM EDT, after the sky had turned to blue, lending its color to Moon as viewed from Earth. The 11-inch SCT remains in need of adjustment or, possibly, overhaul but does deliver some pleasing results!
#moonjoy #moon #astronomy #daymoon

A short video of Luna rising last night. See the bird?

(For more moon joy, I’ll post a link to a longer version in the comments.)

#photography #astrophotography #moon #fullmoon #BlueMoon #moonrise #moonjoy

Thank you Nutella for this amazing, huge, personalized jar of Nutella as a thank you for when I celebrated NASA Artemis II and crew on splashdown day (I had Nutella cookies and maple cookies for that moment)! I’ll cherish this and I’ll share it as well. Moon joy all around!
#gifted #nutella #food #artemisii #moonjoy

"NASA released thousands more photos from Artemis II" by @NBCNews / Denise Chow - A selection from many images including the lunar far side, craters and views of Earth from far away. https://www.nbcnews.com/science/space/nasa-thousands-photos-artemis-ii-moon-mission-rcna343733 #MoonJoy #Artemis #Moon🌖 #Orion #space #spacegeek

Looking at the timeline photos from Artemis2, it occurred to me why I find them so moving: The photos are so crisp, personal, and in color. I grew up seeing grainy B&W images from the last time we went to the moon, and the new images make it feel so much more real. Also, I'm not, you know 5 this time around, lol. #Artemis2 #NASA #MoonJoy

https://artemistimeline.com/#thinking-of-you-earth

Painting this I had two main thoughts. It’s amazing what we can do when we work together, and there’s no way to do this picture justice. #MoonJoy

#FotoVorschlag

“Herziges” / Hearts

I recently shared this photo and, focused as I was on Luna, completely failed to notice that the cloud around her was shaped like a heart.

So here it is again — you can never have too much Luna. Copy, moon joy.

#photography #astrophotography #moon #moonjoy #cloud #clouds #heart #heartshaped

Artemis2 Commander Reid Wiseman caught this beautiful Earthset video on his iPhone 🤯 #Artemis2 #NASA #MoonJoy

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gaLeQLiXKb8

"Artemis II pilot talks about what it was really like to fly and land in Orion" by @arstechnica / @sciguyspace - Eric Berger interviewed #NASA #Artemis2 #pilot (second in command) Victor Glover about the experience, and the differences in piloting Orion compared to his previous spaceflight piloting a SpaceX CrewDragon in Low Earth Orbit to ISS. Dragon flies with a touchscreen while Orion has a stick. https://arstechnica.com/space/2026/04/artemis-ii-pilot-describes-landing-in-orion-from-intense-to-pure-elation/ #MoonJoy #Artemis #Moon🌖 #SLS🚀 #Orion #space

"As they got close to the Moon, Artemis II astronauts were eager to land" by @arstechnica / @sciguyspace - #NASA #Artemis2 crew at a press conference after 6 days to decompress answered questions about the successful test and historic flight. Reid Wiseman described seeing the Moon from 4000mi/640km away and wishing the mission was equipped with a lander. Once they went that far it felt like it was in reach. https://arstechnica.com/space/2026/04/artemis-ii-astronauts-say-landing-on-the-moon-is-absolutely-doable-soon/ #MoonJoy #Artemis #Moon🌖 #SLS🚀 #Orion #space

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(1:52:59) procedures that uh as you see the recovery teams are moving towards the side of the capsule. The next major event will be the erection of that large inflatable raft called the front porch that uh will be the port of call for the crew as they're being extracted one by one from the vehicle. >> Integrity Houston for satphone.

(1:53:34) We are going to attempt to call you. >> Good idea. Standing by. >> And Jackie, yes, the we are pushing the push to talk. The two buttons on the left side of the radio below the up down arrows. We are utilizing them. I'm rebooting the radio to see if we get good coms. >> Okay, we copy all. And uh just to confirm you are seeing that you are touchdown plus 330 for power correct >> that's affirmative.

#MoonJoy #ArtemisII #ITManager

Here's an auto-transcription of the actual conversation (this is the text in the image attached to the first post):

(1:51:24) We've had a bit of uh broken capability in establishing a SARSAT or satellite phone communications capability between the crew on board integrity and uh the recovery team that will get sorted out here shortly. There's plenty of cooling on board integrity, so there's no rush to begin the power down to call you on the satphone and uh not getting an answer there either.

(1:51:55) Concur. We haven't had anything come through. and Houston, if you could relay to recovery that we hear them, but it does not. But it does not appear as so they are hearing us. Houston copies and read just to confirm you are pushing the PTT on the radio. So, as we continue to sort out the communications between Integrity and the recovery teams, uh we are standing by for the initiation of the power down

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#MoonJoy #ArtemisII #ITManager

The whole Artemis II mission gave me, as they dubbed it, #MoonJoy, but this moment after they splashed down and were still inside the capsule gave me IT Manager Joy:

"The phone doesn't work. We can hear them, but they can't hear us."
"OK. Are you pushing the talk button when you talk?"
"Yes. We are pushing the talk button when we talk. I'm going to restart and see if that fixes it."

#ArtemisII #ITManager

e550 with Michael, Andy and Michael - celebrating #MoonJoy with the #ArtemisII #crew, #Nutella in space, #AI, an #isomorphic reboot of #Wolf3D and a whole lot more!

https://gamesatwork.biz/2026/04/13/e550-moontella/

e550 with Michael, Andy and Michael - celebrating #MoonJoy with the #ArtemisII #crew, #Nutella in space, #AI, an #isomorphic reboot of #Wolf3D and a whole lot more!

https://gamesatwork.biz/2026/04/13/e550-moontella/

e550 with Michael, Andy and Michael - celebrating #MoonJoy with the #ArtemisII #crew, #Nutella in space, #AI, an #isomorphic reboot of #Wolf3D and a whole lot more! https://gamesatwork.biz/2026/04/13/e550-moontella/

#shownotes for @gamesatwork_biz #podcast e550 with are done and publication set for Monday 13 April on https://www.gamesatwork.biz together with @michaelrowe01 and @andypiper. Find e550 on @Spotify @overcastfm @YouTube and all your favorite podcast feeds! Stories and discussion on celebrating #MoonJoy with the #ArtemisII #crew, #Nutella in #space, #AI, an #isomorphic reboot of #Wolf3D and a whole lot more.

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