APOD: The Crescent Moon and the Pleiades

This neat picture shows the Pleiades in Taurus, M45, next to the April Crescent Moon, just 3 days old. You can easily see the Seven Sisters and some fainter and smaller stars on the right. The bluish tint from the surrounding emission nebula is washed out by the moonlight. The best thing about this picture is seeing the rugged surface of the Moon between the boundary of lunar night and day. The terminator line shows the ruff edges of craters. We can still see features on the darker part of the moon because of the earthshine, light our planet Earth receives from the Sun and reflects on the moon. Come see The Moon and The Pleiades for more!