June 2020 - Computer Looking Up

Clouds vs. Early Crescent Moon

Today’s story begins on the prior night, when the Moon was an even thinner crescent.

Still going backwards and catching up on items from the past weeks. Last Sunday I took a walk and found the early Waning Crescent Moon.

Here is what I hope will be the return of an observation technique I have not done for a while – sketching.

You can also see sloping towards the right some of the brighter stars in the constellation Sagittarius.

I have been guessing, and I think correctly, that most people do not realize the Moon is visible in morning daylight.

This early morning view was simply too good to miss, so yes, I stayed up to at least see it when the Moon had risen high in the South.

I tried to get the overall sharpness, contrast, and brightness as close to the image from two nights ago as possible.

Here is another “by chance” image. I was outside early evening to photograph the rising Moon with my Canon EOS, to get a daytime shot.