Title: 26 hour old Moon br/ Date-time: 2015 February 19 6:26 pm MSTbr/ Location: Alamogordo, New Mexicobr/ Camera: Canon SX40 HSbr/ Other equipment: Camera Tripodbr/ Exposure: frac14; sec f/5.8 ISO 800br/ Comments: New Moon was 18 Feb 23:47 UT so this the image of a 25-3/4 hour old Moon. The Moon was at perigee that day. This evening was also the close conjunction of Mars and Venus just above the Moon. The thin cloud cover adds interesting colour and texture.