A super collection of images by members of a Waxing Crescent Moon and Mercury taken on the 7th July 2024. The Moon had an illumination of 3%, which is the percentage of the moon that is illuminated by the Sun and an age of 1.6 days old, which is how many days it has been since the last New Moon.
John Howarth – Bexley
Honor Wheeler – Dartford
Mercury is just above the ‘M’ on the label Mercury in the photo.
Jim Burchell – Dartford
Richard Bohner – Arizona, USA.
Image taken 6 hours after Honor and Jim’s images in the UK. Notice how the Moon position has changed relative to Mercury.