ELI5- why is it so difficult to take a decent picture of the moon on your phone?

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Edit: I forgot to add a message. It’s so pretty when you look at it with your eyes but when you take a picture of it through your phone, it is a pathetic white blob.

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Try taking a photo tomorrow at sunset, as the moon rises. It’s a full moon so moonrise should be the same time as sunset. The moon is in direct sunlight, so it’s going to be way overexposed if you take a photo on auto settings at night.

The size of it in the photo is going to depend on the field of view of your phone’s camera. Unfortunately cell phone cameras are optimized for taking photos of much closer objects, so there’s not a whole lot you can do.

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