Astrophotos: Closeups of the Lunar Terminator

By Nancy Atkinson - August 30, 2013 at 4:21 PM UTC | Observing
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If you want to see detail on the Moon, usually the best times and places to look are when the Moon is in a crescent phase, and near the terminator. These recent images uploaded to

Universe Today's Flickr page

will attest to that! Enjoy the views:

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Closeup of the Moon showing Endymion, Atlas and the distant Mare Humboldtianum. Credit and copyright: Danny Robb. [/caption]

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Lunar terminator mosaic, August 26th 2013. Credit and copyright: Russell Bateman.

Lunar terminator mosaic, August 26th 2013. Credit and copyright: Russell Bateman. [/caption]

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64% illuminated waning gibbous Moon on August 26, 2013. Credit and copyright: Themagster3 on Flickr. [/caption]

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Plato to Aristillus to Aristoteles in Color - 8/26/13. Credit and copyright: Fred Locklear. [/caption]

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Waning crescent Moon on August 30, 2013. Credit and copyright: Sculptor Lil on Flickr. [/caption]

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Nancy Atkinson

Nancy Atkinson

Nancy Atkinson is a space journalist and author with a passion for telling the stories of people involved in space exploration and astronomy. She is currently retired from daily writing, but worked at Universe Today for 20 years as a writer and editor. She also contributed articles to The Planetary Society, Ad Astra (National Space Society), New Scientist and many other online outlets.

Her 2019 book, "Eight Years to the Moon: The History of the Apollo Missions,” shares the untold stories of engineers and scientists who worked behind the scenes to make the Apollo program so successful, despite the daunting odds against it. Her first book “Incredible Stories From Space: A Behind-the-Scenes Look at the Missions Changing Our View of the Cosmos” (2016) tells the stories of 37 scientists and engineers that work on several current NASA robotic missions to explore the solar system and beyond.

Nancy is also a NASA/JPL Solar System Ambassador, and through this program, she has the opportunity to share her passion of space and astronomy with children and adults through presentations and programs. Nancy's personal website is nancyatkinson.com