Meteor by Moonlight: View from Colorado

Meteor by Moonlight: View from Colorado

Astrophotographer Mike Lewinski: "Meteorific! I caught a meteor in my timelapse from Crestone, Colorado, USA, on December 8, 2025 at 1:14am MST. The waning gibbous moon nicely illuminates the foreground here."

The waning gibbous moon is the phase that occurs after a full moon, where the illuminated portion of the moon decreases from 100% to about 50%.

Colorado is a state in the Western United States. It is one of the Mountain states, and Southwestern region of the United States, sharing the Four Corners region with Arizona, New Mexico, and Utah. It is also bordered by Wyoming to the north, Nebraska to the northeast, Kansas to the east, and Oklahoma to the Southeast.

Image Credit: Mike Lewinski
Image Date: Dec. 8, 2025

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