Nighttime Lighting - Total Novice!

[coco200066]

Apologies if this is in the wrong discussion section.

I recently took pictures of the full moon this month, the largest in 18 years and although through my camera, using two different lenses, I could see a gorgeous moon, full of color etc, the finished shot was a washed out white disc!

So using a D90 SLR, could someone please tell me which lens would have been appropriate and what settings I need to use for future reference?.

I would very much appreciate the help, or any links/tutuorials that you guys might find appropriate to help me as I plan to go out to take some shots of the night sky very soon and would like to get the best pictures possible.

[RichardTaylor]

This may help.

Four Basic Tips for Photographing the Moon | Photodoto

[scootermcq]

I was around 1/250 f11 at iso 200 to do the full moon

[coco200066]

Thank you guys, really appreciate the help.