6 days Moon phase in action between 8 and 14 March 2014 (video).

This is a changing of the lunar illumination within 6 days beginning March 9 and ending on March 14, 2014. In that period the sky was mostly clear, and so I decided to go for observations through the telescope, almost every night at my block.


The devices used were two DSLR cameras: Nikon D80 (mine) and D60 (Radu Conopan) as follows:

9,10,12 and March 14, 2014 photos are made with Nikon D80, and on March 11, 2014, with Nikon D60.


I wanted to get to complete the cycle with the full Moon, but I did not because it had started a rainy weather.


In the video below, are the same pictures edited in Sony Vegas 10. Images were positioned so as to match one another.

Moon on March 9, 2014 (Nikon D80/telescope 8 ")

Moon on March 10, 2014 (Nikon D80/telescope 8 ")

Moon on March 11, 2014 (Nikon D60/telescope 8 ")

Moon on March 12, 2014 (Nikon D80/telescope 8 ")

Moon on March 14, 2014 (Nikon D80/telescope 8 ")

Age of the Moon: 7 to 13.2 days
Distance: 398.283 to 396,318 km
Phase: 53% -96.6% (0% = new = 100% full)


Photographer: Victor Lupu / Conopan Radu
Telescope: Celestron 8 inch Newtonian 
Mount C5/EQ5
Camera: Nikon D80/D60 DSLR with T ring 
Ocular: no
Filter: no
Date: March 9 to 14, 2014
Exposure: 1/1250, ISO 200-500
Location: Baia Mare, Romania

Posted in: DSLR telescope pictures,Lunar Phases,Videos of the Moon