I reckon your moon shots are pretty good. Under the conditions I would not be expecting to get high level detail, more interested in the colours and depth.
Re Polar alignment. If you have a location you use frequently at home then do a solar Nth/Sth alignment with a plumb bob at local Sidereal noon. This should give you an good Nth Sth alignment within a fraction of a degree then level your EQ3 head as best you can and set the angle to match your latitude. Should get you pretty close, after that it is just tweaking with some drift alignment adjustments. Certainly good enough for widefield pix. And once it is done as long as you mark the spots where the feet locate and don't adjust the tripod legs you should be able to reproduce it reasonably accurately next time.
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