Moonrise and birds on March 28, 2002 18:46 CET, taken in Dreieich-Dreieichenhain, Germany with a Canon EOS500N camera focally through a Revue refractor (f=910mm, D=60mm), 1/10 second exposed on Fuji400 negative film.	Moon and radar antenna of air traffic control on March 28 2002 18:52 CET, taken in Dreieich-Dreieichenhain, Germany with a Canon EOS500N camera  and Canon tele zoom lens 75-300mm at 300mm, f5.6 1/60 second exposed on Fuji400 negative film.
On March 28, 2002 at 20:05 CET the moon's disk was crossed by this airplane, seen from the viewing site in the north of Dreieich-Dreieichenhain, taken with a Canon EOS500N camera focally through a Celestron C5 telescope (f=1250mm, D=125mm), 1/180 second exposed on Fuji400 negative film. The two spots in the middle of the aircraft are landing lights.	Comet Ikeya-Zhang at the evening on March, 28, 2002 20:26 CET, taken in Dreieich-Dreieichenhain, Germany, with a Canon EOS500N camera and Canon 75-300mm tele zoom lens at 300mm, f5.6, 10 seconds exposed on Fuji400 negative film. More of comets here.

On the evening of March 28, 2002 the sun set in the west, and the full moon showed up in the east. The picture of the full moon's rise was captured focally through a Revue refractor at 910mm of focal length. On the left hand side of the moon some birds can be seen. A few hours before, the moon was in perigee (shortest distance to earth) and showed up at maximum size. So that Easter full moon of the year 2002 also was a perigee full moon, which could be observed very well at clear skies  from the viewing site in the north of Dreieich-Dreieichenhain, Germany. Due to the wind coming from eastern directions, the viewing site was being overflown by a lot of airplanes (explanation of the airplanes' routes here). The southern "downwind" route of Frankfurt/Main International Airport has two crossings with the equatorial and northern parts of the ecliptic, seen from the observation site. At about 20:00 CET the full moon, which on March 28 was located near the sky's equator, crossed the airplanes' route, which is followed by most of the airplanes very precisely, at about 20 degrees above the horizon. So I could see three airplanes crossing the moon's disk during only a few minutes. In the northwest the comet Ikeya-Zhang could be seen.

Moon crescent on February 14, 2002, 18:49 CET, taken in Dreieich-Dreieichenhain, Germany, with a Canon EOS500N through a Celestron C5 telescope (f=1250mm, D=125mm), 9 seconds exposed on Fuji800 negative film.

Moon crescent on November 21, 1998, taken in Dreieich-Dreieichenhain, Germany, with a Canon EOS500N through a Celestron C5 telescope (f=1250mm, D=125mm), 8 seconds exposed on Fuji200 negative film.

2 days after new moon earthshine lightens the dark side of the moon. Observing precisely, one can recognize different viewing angles from earth facing the moon (libration). In addition it can bee seen, that in February (left picture) sun shines from a lot more southern directions on the moon than in November (right picture). That is due to the same aged moon (2 days after new moon) standing more north than the sun.