Waxing Gibbous Moon II
by Lingfai Leung
Title
Waxing Gibbous Moon II
Artist
Lingfai Leung
Medium
Photograph - Photographs
Description
Another shot of the waxing gibbous moon taken in 10/13/2013 as the angle of the shadow appeared different than last shot. Again, it was done using Black & White to show the dark spot and the moon crater.
A waxing gibbous moon appears high in the east at sunset. It's more than half-lighted, but less than full. This moon phase comes between one and two weeks after new moon.
The moon has moved in its orbit so that it's now relatively far from the sun in our sky. A waxing gibbous moon rises during the hours between noon and sunset. It sets in the wee hours after midnight.
People sometimes see a waxing gibbous moon in the afternoon, shortly after moonrise, while it is ascending in the east as the sun is descending in the west. It's easy to see a waxing gibbous moon in the daytime because, at this phase of the moon, a large fraction of the moon's day side is facing our way.
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November 17th, 2014
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