would more megapixels help out with this?

[Evanair]

So, just so happened I wasn't able to sleep and noticed there was a full moon.  Decided to point my camera up (actually more of an argument with my dad, he said it was impossible for him to get moon shots like this, I just wanted to prove him wrong)... and snapped this.  

It's on a D750, hand-held with a 2x Teleconverter and a 200-400mm Lens. DX camera would have had less to crop out, but I don't own one.

 

I agree with ALwin in the composition idea that putting things in the foreground would be a much more interesting shot. 

 

For the OP, more MP allows you to crop more and maintain pixel density.  More focal length allows you to "zoom in" more for this instance.

 

I'm going to try the same shot(s) tonight but use a tripod this time.  See what I can get.

[.spider.]

7 hours ago, ALwin said:

 However, don't take photos of the moon when it's already high in the sky.  

For pure moon photographs the moon should be as high as possible in the sky to keep the atmospheric effect as low as possible.

 

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atmospheric_refraction

 

[ALwin]

On 8/20/2016 at 1:51 AM, DominicNikon said:

@ALwin would more megapixels help out with pictures of the moon?

DSC_5681.NEF

Here's an article I thought you might enjoy reading

http://petapixel.com/2016/08/25/plan-capture-perfectly-aligned-moonrise-photo/

[DominicNikon]

On 8/25/2016 at 1:37 PM, ALwin said:

Here's an article I thought you might enjoy reading

http://petapixel.com/2016/08/25/plan-capture-perfectly-aligned-moonrise-photo/

i think this is over exposed but here it is closer to the ground 

[.spider.]

6 hours ago, DominicNikon said:

i think this is over exposed but here it is closer to the ground 

There's no reason to take pure moon pictures closer to the ground. The light has to travel through much much more atmosphere which makes them much worse.

[ALwin]

6 hours ago, DominicNikon said:

i think this is over exposed but here it is closer to the ground 

What exactly are you trying to capture with photos like these?

[DominicNikon]

7 hours ago, ALwin said:

What exactly are you trying to capture with photos like these?

I have no idea...

 

[DominicNikon]

On 8/19/2016 at 9:23 PM, Evanair said:

So, just so happened I wasn't able to sleep and noticed there was a full moon.  Decided to point my camera up (actually more of an argument with my dad, he said it was impossible for him to get moon shots like this, I just wanted to prove him wrong)... and snapped this.  

It's on a D750, hand-held with a 2x Teleconverter and a 200-400mm Lens. DX camera would have had less to crop out, but I don't own one.

 

I agree with ALwin in the composition idea that putting things in the foreground would be a much more interesting shot. 

 

For the OP, more MP allows you to crop more and maintain pixel density.  More focal length allows you to "zoom in" more for this instance.

 

I'm going to try the same shot(s) tonight but use a tripod this time.  See what I can get.

 

this one might be closer to yours?

[The Knome]

Yes and no.

Example is that to shoot the moon regardless of lens you are on a wide open aperture to try and keep the shutter speed up to stop any movement blur, but you are sacrificing sharpness in the process.

A larger sensor gives more pixels to crop in, but if you have a lens that suffers inherent softness you are still going to get a soft/blurry image.