I particularly wanted to get this image of the moon passing the Hyades and Pleiades. I identified the evening of March 12, 2019 – weather permitting (a major problem on the soggy British Columbia coast). I had virtually given up hope when the sky was mostly overcast until I discovered a perfectly placed break in the clouds at about 7:30. The moon and Vancouver light pollution obscured all but the brighter stars, but I was at least able to record the event. The event was important to me because the moon was so far off the ecliptic plane – two years earlier, it had been as far from the ecliptic as it can get. In 2026, as the lunar nodal cycle reaches its other extreme, the moon will pass through the Pleiades on the other side of the ecliptic. This relatively minor, 5ο amplitude cycle has been shown to cause notable cycles in winter temperatures and tree growth on the Pacific Coast of North America. Capture details: Canon 5D camera on a fixed mount, 24-105 mm zoom lens set to 105 mm, aperture 4.0, exposure time 1 sec, ISO 1600.