The Difference Between Day and Night

[JimFox]

This was just a couple of fun captures the other day to document the difference in the look of the moon between day and night. It was a few days before the full moon, the moon was at about 80% full. I captured the Daytime one an hour or so before sunset and the night time one probably 3 or 4 hours after sunset.

In addition to the detail, it's interesting to see how the moon as rotated between the two captures.

Nikon Z8
Tamron 50-400mm

All comments are welcome,

Jim

#1 Daytime

#2 Nighttime

 

[AlanLichty]

Lots more details at night with less competition for the light.

 

[Michael13]

But the moon doesn't rotate - relative to Earth. The Moon does rotate, but it spins on its axis at the same rate it orbits the Earth, a phenomenon called tidal locking. This means that it always shows the same face to us, creating the illusion that it's not rotating. What sort of sorcery is this? Perhaps you rotated the mount 90 degrees?

 

[JimFox]

But the moon doesn't rotate - relative to Earth. The Moon does rotate, but it spins on its axis at the same rate it orbits the Earth, a phenomenon called tidal locking. This means that it always shows the same face to us, creating the illusion that it's not rotating. What sort of sorcery is this? Perhaps you rotated the mount 90 degrees?

Thanks Michael,

The earth rotates, that is way changes the angle of the moon for us. I just kept it simple when I posted it. The only way to keep it from not doing that is to use a tracking mount, that can be set to move with the moon. With a stationary tripod the moon will appear to rotate.

I wish it was just sorcery, I could have borrowed some magic from Mickey Mouse when I was there the other night and helped correct this.

 

[Mike Lewis]

Cool comparison Jim, really shows how important darker skies are for improving contrast and therefore detail.

ML