Moon Observation on 9/20

This observation was made on 9/20. The moon is still in the waxing phase. It looks like the moon will be a half moon in the next couple of days.



 

Moon Observation on 9/19

I observed the moon on 9/19. The moon was very beautiful tonight. The moon was in a waxing phase. Even though the moon was in a slight crescent shape, you could see the sun reflecting around the edges of the whole moon.



 

Moon Observation on 9/18

The moon has been very difficult to locate lately. Tonight I located the moon around 7:30. Below is a picture of my observation. The moon seems to be in the waxing phase.

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Moon Observation on 9/7

The last few nights the moon has risen a lot later in the night. I set my alarm for 3:00 a.m. Below is a drawing of what I observed.

Moon Observation on 9/6

As you can see in the picture below, the visible portion of the moon is starting to descrease.

 



 

Moon Observation on 9/5

The last couple of days,  I have noticed the moon rising a lot later in the night. Below in my drawing, you can see that the moon is still continuing with the wanning stages.

Moon Observation on 9/4

 

 

On this night, I can really start to observe the wanning stages of the moon.

 

 

 

 

Moon Observation on 9/2

Tonight, the sky was very cloudy. I was not able to observe the moon at all.

Moon Observation on 9/1

The sky was slightly cloudy tonight, but the moon was still visible. It looks as if the moon's visibility is getting smaller. Below is the picture I observed.

Moon Observation on 8/29

On this night, the moon was very bright. The moon appeared to be slightly larger and fuller. 

Moon Observation on 8/28

On this night, the moon is almost a full moon. 

Moon Observation on 8/27

On this night, the sky was very cloudy. The clouds covered the moon slightly, but the moon appeared to be almost a full moon. 

Moon Observation on 8/26

Tonight, the moon was very bright and easy to find. Through my observations, I believe the moon is in the waxing gibbous phase. Below is a couple of pictures I captured of the moon.

Moon Observation on 8/25

Tonight, the sky was very cloudy. I had to check several times in order to capture a shot of the moon. Below is my picture of the moon. If the moon was completely visible, it would be a little more than a half moon.

Moon Observation on 8/24

Tonight the moon was difficult to locate, because the movement of clouds. The moon is at half moon. Below is the picture I captured of the moon. The moon is slightly obscured due to the cloud coverage.

Moon Observation on 8/23

Tonight, the moon was very easy to locate. From my observation, I could tell the moon is almost a complete half moon. Below is the picture I captured. The moon gave off an odd reflection, so the moon in the picture appears different than what my naked eye observed.

Moon Observation 8/22

Today, the moon was very bright but slightly obscured by some clouds. From what I could see of the moon, the crescent is starting to thicken. Below is the image I captured.

Moon Observation on 8/21

Today, the moon was a lot easier to locate. I can tell the moon is starting to get larger and was quite bright tonight.

Observation on 8/21

On this day, it was still fairly difficult to locate the moon. The moon was very thin and was partially covered by clouds. Below is a drawing of what I observed. 

Observation on 8/19/12

Today, I still could not locate the moon. I searched for it approximately at 8:15 p.m. The sky was more clear tonight than yesterday, and I was able to see a couple bright objects that were either stars or planets. If I could seen the moon, it would still be in a thin crescent.

Observation on 8/18/12

Today was really cloudy, so I could not locate the actual moon. Below is the picture I captured of the sky. The only thing I could see was a dark black sky with some illuminations coming through in some locations. If I could have seen the moon, it should have been a very small start of a crescent.