How to take a good photograph of the moon on your phone or camera with the right settings

Guardian Australia picture editor Carly Earl explains the dos and don'ts of photographing the moon

When a full moon rises, many people will pull out their mobile phones to try and get an Instagram-worthy photograph, but unfortunately the moon is really challenging to get a great photo of.

Two reasons: it is very far away and unless you have a telephoto lens (which makes the moon appear closer than it is) it will always appear as a very small glowing dot in the frame.