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more than half
Wednesday, December 6th, 2023 11:48 amThis is interesting:
See a Half Moon on Dec 5 ... Find out why this ‘Half Moon’ is more than 50% illuminated.
That was the night before last.
Last night, the moon that was rising at 1:35am was most definitely a crescent, although not a narrow one. It looked striking to me as it rose over the treetops across the lake bed, with the crescent tips pointed upwards.
I took a photo of it from inside. The photo includes the moon's reflection off the double-paned window glass. In the reflection it has even more of a crescent shape than the direct (somewhat over-exposed) image does.
This page has a nice animation of the moon's current phases which lets you scroll through them day by day (unfortunately, only by dragging the slider with a mouse. It skips some days when you click the arrows). The moon really does have quite a noticeable difference in shape & size from one day to the next:
What Are the Moon’s Phases?
See a Half Moon on Dec 5 ... Find out why this ‘Half Moon’ is more than 50% illuminated.
That was the night before last.
Last night, the moon that was rising at 1:35am was most definitely a crescent, although not a narrow one. It looked striking to me as it rose over the treetops across the lake bed, with the crescent tips pointed upwards.
I took a photo of it from inside. The photo includes the moon's reflection off the double-paned window glass. In the reflection it has even more of a crescent shape than the direct (somewhat over-exposed) image does.
This page has a nice animation of the moon's current phases which lets you scroll through them day by day (unfortunately, only by dragging the slider with a mouse. It skips some days when you click the arrows). The moon really does have quite a noticeable difference in shape & size from one day to the next:
What Are the Moon’s Phases?