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Source: Galleri - Fotograf Göran Strand - Astrofotografen

Via APOD: 2023 November 12 – Gibbous Moon beyond Swedish Mountain:
::: spoiler APOD explanation

Explanation: This is a gibbous Moon. More Earthlings are familiar with a full moon, when the entire face of Luna is lit by the Sun, and a crescent moon, when only a sliver of the Moon's face is lit. When more than half of the Moon is illuminated, though, but still short of full illumination, the phase is called gibbous. Rarely seen in television and movies, gibbous moons are quite common in the actual night