February 17, 2013

Today the moon is in its first quarter and is half visible. My picture shows the moon looking quite round and full, but that is not the case. The moon appears half full, bright, and clear to the eye. I also noticed online that the moon will be its closest to Jupiter between tonight and tomorrow 2/18/13 so if I were to see the moon and look less than a thumb width to the left of the moon, Jupiter would be visible. So cool! It was another pretty day and pretty night with a great moon sighting and picture!