Yep, its blurred - deliberately. I had read that to get a sharp photo of the moon, you need to shoot at at least 1/15 of a second. While I was getting some follow-on shots of the moon after the "super-moon" the other night, I decided to experiment (the best way to learn photography) and I opened it up to one full second at f/18 and ISO 400. Notice that the moon has a "shadow" on the lower left. That is the result of the moon moving. That is now much the moon moved in 1 second. Now, if you shoot at 1/10 of a second, just figure that the moon will have a movement blur of 1/10 of the shadow. In other words, don't treat the moon like a stationary object, its moving like a car, abet a slow one but it is moving. If you want a sharp crisp photo that will standup to enlargement vs the tiny things on Facebook, use a higher shutter speed, like 1/30 or 1/60. A tripod is mandatory for a good sharp photos. For those interested - I used a tripod with a remote shutter release.
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