May Astronomy

Monday evening before bedtime I took the pup outside for last call. The Flower Moon was bright and there was some interesting cloud action.   

The current moon phase for May 4, 2026 is known as a Waning Gibbous phase. 

Yesterday the moon was 17.9 days old and 89.21 percent illuminated. 

So I took some photos. 

And while I had some downtime in my busy day this afternoon I fiddled with some filters on one photo.  The moon is not very distinct (a shortcoming of even an iPhone 14 Pro).  But the Google Snapseed filtering allows for some interesting results.

Original, enhanced color spectrum and artsy black and white.

Pro Tip - Snapseed is a free app...