Yes kelly,

Now take it again at f/8 f/11 and f/16, put the camera in aperture priority and let the camera pick the shutter speed and then compare the images.

Use the timer so when you press the button it will self time and dimish any camera shake from you pressing the button.

The best time to take celestrial photos, I have read, is in the last hour before sunrise. Taken photos late in the day, although not a bad thing, makes you compete with heat haze from the sun being up all day. Make sense.

Amazing what I read about don't you think.