11 Days 10 Hours Old Moon

The above image is resized to one half of the Nikon Coolpix 990 camera resolution and cropped to 630 x 630 pixels.

Full Nikon Coolpix 990 camera resolution image (195K) cropped to 1260 x 1260 pixels.

Moon Information
Age of Moon: 11 days, 10 hours, 18 minutes
Moon phase: 87 % (0% = New, 100% = Full)

Sky Conditions
Image taken through the clouds in the sky glow of Portland, OR.
Notice the clouds were uneven and darker thourgh the center/right of the Moon.

Nikon Coolpix 990 Photo Information
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CAMERA : E990V1.0
METERING : CENTER
MODE : M
SHUTTER : 1/15sec
APERTURE : F11.1
EXP +/- : 0.0
FOCAL LENGTH : f23.4mm(X1.0)
IMG ADJUST : STANDARD
SENSITIVITY : ISO100
WHITEBAL : SUNNY
SHARPNESS : HIGH
DATE : 2000.09.09 22:13 PDT
QUALITY : FULL FINE

Image processing with JASC Inc. Paint Shop Pro Version 6.02
Image, Sharpen, Unsharpen Mask, Radus: 2.00, Strength: 100%, clipping 10
Image, Noise, Despeckle
Crop to 1260 x 1260 for full size image
Resize, Bilinear resample to 630 x 630 for one half size image
Resize, Bilinear resample to 140 x 140 for Moon calendar image

Imaging Equipment Configuration
Nikon Coolpix 990 Digital Camera afocal coupled to an Orion Telescopes & Binoculars ShortTube™ achromatic 80mm aperture refractor.

Use Test patterns to calibrate monitor brightness, contrast, height and width

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