The Moon

Beautiful images of the Moon, including images of lunar craters, clair obscur effects, lunar maria and astrophotos showing the terminator creeping across the Moon's jagged surface.

The lumps, bumps, rilles and ancient craters of Crater Gutenberg are particularly rich to examine when the Sun is low

A guide to the Moon’s crater Gutenberg

An image of a glowing orange full Moon rising through the clouds.

Gallery Harvest Moon

Mare Serenitatis & Posidonius Crater by David Burr, Wimborne, UK. Equipment: Canon Eos 550d, Williams Optics 120mm Refractor

Gallery Mare Serenitatus

Take a close look at Pitatus’s rim: there is a curious rille running around much of the inside of it. Credit: Pete Lawrence

Gallery Pitatus Crater

The Moon's Rupes Recta. Credit: Pete Lawrence

Gallery Rupes Recta

Moon by Ronald Piacenti Junior, Brasilia, DF, Brazil. Equipment: Celestron C6, HEQ5 Pro mount, Expanse ASI 120 MC CMOS camera

Gallery Mare Imbrium and Sinus Iridium

Archimedes by Mick Nicholls, Sheffield, UK. Equipment: Skywatcher MAK180 Pro Maksutov, ZWO ASI120MM CCD, HEQ5 Pro Synscan goto mount.

Gallery Archimedes Crater

Ptolemaeus, Alphoneus and Albategnius by Houssem Ksontini, Tunis, Tunisia. Equipment: Skywatcher 150/750, Neq3-2 mount (RA motorised), ASI224MC, IR cut filter, Barlow x3

Gallery Ptolemaeus Crater

Crater Proclus by Fernando Oliveira De Menezes, Sao Paulo, Brazil. Equipment: C11 edge HD, So 290mc, IR Filter PASS 685

Gallery Proclus Crater

The Moon's Mare humorum. Credit: Pete Lawrence

Gallery Mare Humorum

Crater Gassendi, as seen by the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter. Credit: NASA (image by Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter) - JMARS

Gallery Gassendi Crater

Mare Frigoris, from J.Herschel to Goldschmidt by Dave Finnigan, Halesowen, W. Midlands, UK. Equipment: 8

Gallery Mare Frigoris

The Moon’s Mare Crisium, captured with a GPCAM 290C, using a stack of 587 frames. Credit: Paul Money

Gallery Mare Crisium

Atlas and Hercules by Fernando Oliveira De Menezes, Sao Paulo, Brazil. Equipment: C11 Edge, Powermate 2.5x, ASI 290mc

Gallery Atlas and Hercules Craters

The region around the Moon's Aristillus Crater. Credit: Pete Lawrence

Gallery Aristillus Crater