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Waxing Gibbous Moon, tonight... (Original Post)
CaliforniaPeggy
May 2019
OP
Yes, I noticed it last evening (in SW Ohio) -an even thinner slice...
No Vested Interest
May 2019
#10
I LOVE clear nights like these, esp. when we've had so many cloudy ones.
CaliforniaPeggy
May 2019
#13
elleng
(131,292 posts)1. NICE!
CaliforniaPeggy
(149,762 posts)2. Thanks so much, my dear elleng! I'm quite happy.
dweller
(23,692 posts)3. beautiful
fingernail moon
👍🏻
✌🏼️
CaliforniaPeggy
(149,762 posts)5. Thanks so much, my dear dweller!
I was thinking of that description when I was outside getting my photos...
It's really accurate!
dweller
(23,692 posts)7. here in the southern part of
Carolina heaven where the sky is normally TarHeel blue we've always referred to it as a fingernail moon
✌🏼️
CaliforniaPeggy
(149,762 posts)8. It certainly fits!
CatMor
(6,212 posts)4. Love your Moon photos ..
to me the Moon is awesome.
CaliforniaPeggy
(149,762 posts)6. Thanks so much my dear CatMor!
I'm really glad you like my moon photos.......I have so much fun taking them, standing outside, looking up at this tiny amazing object...it means a lot that my friends enjoy seeing the results.
ramblin_dave
(1,549 posts)9. That's a crescent moon
CaliforniaPeggy
(149,762 posts)12. So it is! Thanks for the link; I just bookmarked it.
Hope you enjoyed seeing it.......
No Vested Interest
(5,167 posts)10. Yes, I noticed it last evening (in SW Ohio) -an even thinner slice...
Don't you just love clear nights like these?
CaliforniaPeggy
(149,762 posts)13. I LOVE clear nights like these, esp. when we've had so many cloudy ones.
Glad you got to see it too!
alwaysinasnit
(5,078 posts)11. Excellent! It brings to mind the Cheshire Cat (Alice in Wonderland)
CaliforniaPeggy
(149,762 posts)14. Thanks so much, my dear alwaysinasnit!
It does rather look like the grin on the Cheshire Cat!