This moon was 30 hours before new. The faint dark shaft around the moon may be a crepuscular ray.

This image was published in the February 2002 Gallery section of Sky & Telescope magazine.

• Title: Earthshine
• Exposure: 4 seconds @ f/6.7
• Telescope: Astro-Physics 130 EDF
• Mount: Astro-Physics 600E QMD
• Camera: Pentax 67
• Film: Kodak E200
• Location: Pearce, AZ
• Date: 15-Oct-01 05:38 MST
• Conditions: transparency 6, seeing 6, 43F, RH 50%
• Processing: UMAX PowerLook 3000, Adobe Photoshop 6.0.1