My Observations

Here are my observations (20) with descriptions of my view, the time, date, and place I viewed the moon. Enjoy!

 

 

 

 

The above sketch is of the moon when I observed it on Tuesday, August 21 at 7:41 PM. It was still slightly light outside, however, the sky was a little cloudy. The moon was slightly illuminated. It is a right crescent in this picture.

 

 

The above sketch is of the moon when I observed it on Wednesday, August 22 at 7:45 PM. Again, it was still slightly light outside, however, the sky was clearer and the moon was more illuminated. Again, it is a right crescent in this picture.

 

 



 

The above sketch is of the moon from my observation on Thursday, August 23 at 8:00 PM. The sky was very clear and the moon was visible for me. In this sketch, the moon is in the 1st quarter phase.

 

 

The above sketch is my observation of the moon on Monday, August 27 around 8:05 PM. At this point, the moon  is becoming brighter. This is the waxing gibbous stage.

 

 

The above sketch is my observation of the moon on Tuesday, August 28 at 8:20 PM. The moon is still in the waxing gibbous stage. It is illuminated and clear.

 

 

The above sketch is my observation of the moon on Wednesday, August 29 at around 8:30 PM. The moon is still in the waxing gibbous stage.

 

 

The above sketch is my observation of the moon on Thursday, August 30 at about 8:35 PM. As you can see, the moon is just shy of the full moon stage.

 

 

The above is a sketch of the moon as observed on Friday, August 31 at about 8:35 PM. It is in the full moon stage.

 

 

The above sketch is what I observed, again, on Saturday, September 1 at around 8:45 PM. It is still in the full moon phase.

 

 

Once again, I observed a full moon on Sunday, September 2. I was surprised to see it was still so full.

 

 

This sketch exhibits my view of the moon on Monday, September 3. It was bright this night, around 9:00 PM. I could see it through any clouds. In fact, it looked almost full. But, from my previous studies, I knew it had to be a waning gibbous.

 

 

This sketch is my view of the moon on Tuesday, September 4. It wasn't quite as bright this night. It is still in the waning gibbous stage.

 

 

This is my view of the moon on Wednesday, September 5. It is still a waning gibbous, working towards the last quarter.

 

 

This is what I saw on Thursday, September 6. It wasn't as bright as it normally has been on this night. It is still a waning gibbous.

 

 

 This is what I saw on Monday, September 10. This is the morning crescent phase of the moon.

 

 

This is what I saw on Tuesday, September 11. This was a nice night to get to see the moon. So much history happened on this day, I reflected on it as I looked. I wondered what the moon looked like on that day eleven years ago. This is the morning crescent phase.

 

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I looked for the moon on Friday the 14th, Saturday the 15th, Sunday the 16th, and Monday the 17th. It was nowhere to be found. After research, I realized this was normal. This was the new moon phase. My last four formal observations provided no sighting of the moon.