A HDR stack of 10 exposures at 1 stop intervals of the waxing crescent Moon with Earthshine taken from Australia on December 17, 2012, so the Moon appears upside down compared to the view from the northern hemisphere. Zenith is up, the horizon is toward the bottom of the frame. Taken with the Canon 60Da at ISO 100 and Astro-Physics Traveler 105mm apo refractor at f/5.8. Assembled in Photomatix Pro (Photoshop HDR created too many artifacts).
The Amazing Sky 
The description “waxing” is correct – this appears to be about a 4 day old moon. The title “Waning” is incorrect. Nice picture! I might use this to help explain moon phases to my students. Without binoculars the moon looks flat and circular but this photo shows that it is clearly a sphere and not a disk.
I’m not sure where you found this entry as I cannot even find it on my blog as a draft — this was an early draft or is just the caption for the image. The final blog post for this image is here at https://amazingsky.net/2012/12/19/the-down-under-waxing-moon/ Please refer to this page.