Will Gater Astrophotography

Craters Hercules, Atlas and Endymion with the Mare Humboldtianum - 2 April 2017

Twilight moonset with Earthshine - Kielder Water, Northumberland

Wrinkle ridges emerging from the shadows in Mare Humorum (left) and the Rimae Hippalus (right)

Winter gibbous Moon rise (single shot) - 1st December 2017

The subtle colours of the Full Moon – 17 January 2022

The crescent Moon (with Earthshine showing) and Venus - 3 December 2016

Craters Theophilus & Cyrillus showing Theophilus' prominent central peak mountains - 2 April 2017

The lunar south pole under favourable libration conditions on the 22 April 2021. Mountains are labelled following Ewen Whitaker's 1954 naming scheme.

The lunar green flash on the upper limb of the rising gibbous Moon - 25 September 2018

The light of the Full Moon filtering through passing rain clouds - 11 December 2019

Perigee full Moon (a.k.a. a 'supermoon') rise - 1 January 2018

Craters Theophilus, Cyrillus & Catharina - 2 April 2017

Rimae Sirsalis - 17 July 2016 - 22:49UT

Thin lunar crescent - 27 May 2017

Twilight moonrise showing green-blue upper limb and red lower limb due to atmospheric refraction - 20 July 2016

Full Moon rise among the twilight colours of the Belt of Venus - 10 May 2017

The partially eclipsed full Moon, wreathed in clouds, against the stars of Cancer during the 21 January 2019 total lunar eclipse.

Craters Fabricius, Metius & Janssen (with Rimae Janssen) and the Vallis Rheita - 2 April 2017

The Straight Wall (Rupes Recta) along with Rima Birt and the craters Birt and Thebit and wrinkle ridges in Mare Nubium.

Harvest [full] Moon rise - 24 September 2018

The Full Moon rising over the Earth's shadow (blue) & the Belt of Venus (pinkish-red band) - 27 June 2018

Mountains near the lunar south pole (image rotated 180 degrees)- crater Moretus is at centre left - 1 November 2017

The 'super' Moon (perigee full Moon) - 1 January 2018

The crescent Moon with Earthshine at twilight - 27 May 2017

The cratered southern highlands of the Moon - 11 April 2019

Crater Posidonius - 2 April 2017

Tycho (showing the crater's central peak mountains and terraced walls) - 21:11UT, 16 May 2016

Changes in illumination of the Sinus Iridum/Montes Jura as the morning sun rises creating the 'Jewelled Handle' - 21:42UT (left) and 22:21UT (right), 6 April 2017

Inverted and highly contrast enhanced view of the gibbous Moon - processed to highlight the details of the various crater ray ejecta systems, including those of Tycho, Copernicus & Kepler.

The partially eclipsed full Moon reflecting in the waters off the Jurassic Coast, UK - 16 July 2019

Drifting cloud textures approaching moonset (single exposure) - 1 September 2017

11-pane mosaic of the Sinus Iridum (the Bay of Rainbows) and the region south towards Mons Gruithuisen - 7 April 2017

The gibbous Moon showing the prominent ray ejecta systems of craters Tycho, Copernicus & Kepler - 9 May 2017

The gibbous Moon rising over the 190-million-year-old cliffs of the Jurassic Coast at Charmouth - 10 November 2019

Full Moon rise over Somerset, UK - 10 January 2020

Craters Moretus, Short & Newton and the lunar south pole region - 23:00UT, 16 May 2016

The crater Kies and the lunar dome Kies Pi showing the latter's caldera - 6 April 2017

High-illumination (3-pane) mosaic of the craters Ptolemaeus, Alphonsus & Arzachel - 6 April 2017

The Lunar 'X' - 8 March 2014

The reddened full Moon rising through the pink Belt of Venus - 27 June 2018

A gap in the clouds reveals the partially eclipse full Moon & the coppery-red umbral shadow - 16 July 2019

The crescent Moon sinking behind a treeline - August 2019

The southern shore of the Mare Crisium - 1 April 2017

Craters Clavius, Blancanus & Moretus (at right)

Mountain peaks near the lunar south pole following E. Whitaker's naming convention

Crater Gassendi showing the Rimae Gassendi as well as the craterlets Gassendi P (2km) and Gassendi M & N (both 3km across) - 7 April 2017

Daytime gibbous Moon - 6 April 2017

The gibbous Moon at twilight - 7 March 2020

The 3.2% illuminated crescent Moon sinking into the west as rain clouds approach - 10 October 2018

Perigee Full Moon - 7 April 2020

A misty morning Moon setting over the fields.

Craters Aristarchus & Herodotus & the Vallis Schroteri (flooded crater Prinz is at right) - 1 November 2017

The golden light of the rising gibbous Moon catching a thin veil of cloud - 15 July 2019

Wrinkle ridges in Mare Serenitatis - 11 April 2019

The Moon and Venus setting over the Bristol Channel as seen from the north Devon coast - June 2021

Full Moon - 13 December 2016

Lunar swirl Reiner Gamma with crater Reiner (bottom right) and the southern edge of the Marius Hills

Full Moon rise - 10 April 2017

Moonrise over the south Devon coast — 25 June 2021

The Moon with (heavily) enhanced colour saturation levels to highlight real compositional differences in the surface basalts - 1 November 2017

Lunar crater Copernicus showing the crater's central peak mountains and terraced walls

Moonrise - 30 April 2018

The almost Full Moon seen through clouds of Storm Ciara - 9 Feb 2020

Moonset sequence showing atmospheric distortions (including green upper limb and red lower limb) - 7 August 2016

The last rays of sunlight catch the rugged floor & walls of the lunar crater Petavius - 27 September 2018

5%-illuminated crescent Moon - 15 March 2021

The full Moon emerging from totality as clouds pass by during the 21 January 2019 total lunar eclipse.

A black & white view of the thin lunar crescent through passing clouds. The barest hint of Earthshine outlines the vague shape of the Moon's nightside. - 26 February 2020

The gibbous Moon on the winter solstice seen through a thin veil of passing clouds - 21 December 2018

Full Moon rise - 10 May 2017

The crescent Moon setting behind wintry clouds – 4 January 2022

Mountains on the north-eastern limb of the Moon beyond the Mare Humboldtianum - 23:08UT, 16 May 2016

The crescent Moon low at twilight showing Earthshine and atmospheric reddening - 27 May 2017

Harvest Moon rise - 5 October 2017

Birds coming home to roost with Harvest Moon penumbral eclipse - 16 September 2016

Rima Hyginus showing collapse pits along its northern portion - 30 May 2020

Heavily enhanced RGB image of the border between Mare Serenitatis & Mare Tranquillitatis showing the subtle colour variations in the mare basalts - 7 April 2017

The Apollo 11 landing site on the southern edge of the Sea of Tranquility - 11 April 2019

Mons Pico & Pico Beta casting long shadows over Mare Imbrium with obliquely-lit wrinkle ridges.

The rising (partially eclipsed) full Moon, Charmouth Beach - 16 July 2019

The crescent Moon at twilight showing a hint of Earthshine - 5 June 2019

Green rim & partial 'green flash' effects on the upper limb of the rising Harvest Moon - 24 September 2018

The gibbous Moon against a blue sky - 14 August 2016

Harvest Moon penumbral eclipse - 16 September 2016

Maximum partiality during the 16 July 2019 partial lunar eclipse.

Morning daytime Moon - 30 October 2018

Full Moon through cloud (single exposure, no compositing) - 14 November 2016

Full Moon with highly enhanced saturation levels to reveal real colour variations due to actual geological differences - 26 February 2021

2.8% illuminated crescent Moon at twilight

Crater Messier with its unusual ejecta rays

The crescent Moon with Earthshine and Venus - 3 December 2016