Slightly off-topic but as a fairly serious backyard astronomer I almost never look at the full moon with my telescope because it's boring. Full moons are like cloudy skies: The viewing will be shitty tonight so best not to even set up the 'scope.

But looking at the terminator during a partial moon -- especially a new moon -- is quite spectacular.

Partial moons are great for viewing. I almost never look at the moon, instead preferring Venus (same crescent as the moon!), Mars (ice caps!) and Saturn (over the course of my life, I've seen the ring system tilt). Not to mention the moons of Jupiter. Or some really bright nebulae.

However, for sharing photos or for people new to astronomy, the full moon is a very good target. Craters and shiny mountaintops are difficult to understand at first, but the large mare and Tycho crater are very prominent. Over the course of an hour, you can show them how the moon moves not only in relation to the Earth (because the telescope needs adjusting) but also relative to the background stars. And lastly, they can look up at the moon after they've pulled their eye away from the eyepiece, and still see detail. For that moment on, they'll look at the moon with a sense of familiarity - not just a disk in the sky but now an intricate object which they had one seen in intimate detail.

I fully agree! But at least this shot with the Seestar 50 motivates me to try to get a more sharp shot on the full moon with my telescope. Just to prove to myself that I can do that.

Well, the moon is just beautiful