Moon problems

hello people iam having trouble trying to photograph the moon.... i use low shutter speeds and comes out as a big light glob.. any one know what settings i might be able to use or if its simply impossible with a regular camera? i havea nikon 5000...

simply impossible with a regular camera?

How much zoom?? I have 10x so i can get nice large pictures......but id say below about 5x is impossible.....well not impossible but it wont look good.

i use low shutter speeds and comes out as a big light globe

Even though it's at night, you want fast shutter speeds. My settings:

f/3.5
1/125
ISO 100-200

That's not to bad. :D

I've never shot the moon, but if it's like fireworks, you will definitely want a tripod and a shutter release cable - for focus purposes.

Otherwise, just expirement like crazy and take notes of what worked best.

i just took a pic of the moon it came out Ok , i need a camera with more zoom stupid nikon 5ooo only has 3x zoom :(