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<blockquote data-quote="WayneF" data-source="post: 280308" data-attributes="member: 12496">The moon is illuminated by our same sun, and so the normal exposure is about same as daylight (some say Sunny 11 instead of Sunny 16).However, the moon is frontally lighted at full moon, side lighted at quarter moon, and back lighted at new moon.The moons surface is dark, 12%, darker than an 18% gray card.A light meter sees all the black surrounding it, so try manual exposure.So it is not totally obvious, but there are many articles on the internet on the subject.See <a href="http://www.google.com/search?q=photographing+the+moon" target="_blank">photographing the moon - Google Search</a>But most of these ignore the exposure issue, esp at new moon.&nbsp;&nbsp; So start at <a href="http://home.hiwaay.net/~krcool/Astro/moon/howtophoto/" target="_blank">Moon Photography - A How To Guide</a>&nbsp; &nbsp; (see the chart - it is more from an astronomy viewpoint than from photographers)</blockquote>

[QUOTE="WayneF, post: 280308, member: 12496"] The moon is illuminated by our same sun, and so the normal exposure is about same as daylight (some say Sunny 11 instead of Sunny 16). However, the moon is frontally lighted at full moon, side lighted at quarter moon, and back lighted at new moon. The moons surface is dark, 12%, darker than an 18% gray card. A light meter sees all the black surrounding it, so try manual exposure. So it is not totally obvious, but there are many articles on the internet on the subject. See [URL="http://www.google.com/search?q=photographing+the+moon"]photographing the moon - Google Search[/URL] But most of these ignore the exposure issue, esp at new moon. So start at [URL="http://home.hiwaay.net/~krcool/Astro/moon/howtophoto/"]Moon Photography - A How To Guide[/URL] (see the chart - it is more from an astronomy viewpoint than from photographers) [/QUOTE]

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