A thin crescent moon with its dark side faintly visible, glowing softly from earthshine against a twilight sky.

Earthshine on a Crescent Moon

Sunlight reflected off Earth faintly illuminates the night side of a thin crescent moon, revealing the full globe as 'the old Moon in the new Moon's arms'.

Date: 20 February 2020
Capture: Canon EOS R · 150-600mm F5-6.3 DG OS HSM | Contemporary 015 · 600mm · f/6.3 · 1/1s · ISO 6400