Great stuff TomTom, glad to hear you had a good night out!
The Moon so often gets ignored but it's an absolute wonder in its own right for observers. Nice description of Jupiter and moons too. The 'rings' are usually called 'bands'. As far as colours go, it's very subtle and it is probably just something that will grow on you as you continue to observe, rather than being tied to particular conditions. As far as magnification goes, on planets, say, the conditions will dictate it. Might look good at low powers but when you zoom in the planet goes mushy and you find you can't focus properly. That will be the 'seeing' (atmospheric distortion). Then you might get that one magic night when you can keep zooming in, obtaining crisp focus & seeing very fine detail - it's what all observers hope for every time they set up! For deep sky, generally stick to lower powers except on tiny objects like planetary nebulae, or double stars etc. But play around with it to see what limits the light grasp of your scope will allow.
Look forward to more reports!
Cheers -