Sunday 3/20

 

Go figure, the last night of my Moon Phase Journal and the moon
is hiding from me! This shouldn't suprise me since it has played hide
and go seek with me before!!!! I went outside and even went for a ride on
a hunt for my final picture of the moon, and she was a no show.............this moon is making me looney...until next time, my friend.......

Saturday 3/19

FULL MOON!!!!!! My pictures came out like I took a picture of the sun in the night sky! You can't tell how big the moon looked to me in the pictures, but you sure can tell how bright it looked!!!! WOW!!! Super Moon!
[“Super Moon” describes a new or full moon occurring at the same time the Moon comes within 90 percent of its closest approach to Earth in a given orbit. It’s an event that happens 4-6 times a year, but according to a NASA Science News story, tonight's full moon will nearly coincide with the moon's arrival at its closest point in its orbit around the Earth, resulting in the biggest, visible full moon in North America in two decades.
"The last full Moon so big and close to Earth occurred in March of 1993,"
 Next one comes around in 2029 ]

By Ron Cassie http://fairfaxstation.patch.com/articles/did-you-see-the-super-moon Check out this picture from the website above of the Super Moon!

 

Friday 3/18

The moon was big and full, so bright and round!!! What a beautiful sight!
I wish my camera was better, I saw craters and everything tonight!!!!
The moon lit up a sky just like flash light! So awesome!

Thursday 3/17

Tonight was nice and clear, warmer than it has been and the moon
was easy to see once again! It was a bit bigger than the last few nights,
but in the picture you can't tell! Like the past few nights though, most of the
moon was in view with a small portion of it missing off the top!!!

Wednesday 3/16



Tonight was much like last night, the moon was in plain view
and looked as if someone had taken a bite off of it from the bottom though,
where yesterday it looked like someone bit off the top of it!

Tuesday 3/15

Tonight the moon was in plain view, it looked as if someone

took a bite off of the bottom of it!!!! Cool, clear night, not a cloud in sight.

Monday 3/14

Tonight I could see more than half of the moon, but through clouds.
The moon looked very bright through them though! It looked like the
bottom part of the moon was missing!

Sunday 3/13

Unfortunately the sky was filled with lots of pink colored clouds
against the dark night sky, no stars no moon in sight..........

Saturday 3/12

The moon was way up in the sky, almost half shape but looked
like a chunck fell off of it! The moon is now on the right side of my
house every night, glad I am able to find it these days!!!!!

Friday 3/11

Another nice shot of the moon which was crescent shape once
again!!! It was hard to get it captured because there were very fast
moving clouds but I was determined and I got it!!!!!

Thursday 3/10

Rain Rain go away come again another day!!! It has been
pouring rain all day again! Nothing in sight but dark gray clouds
and lots of rain falling!!!!!!

Wednesday 3/9

It's really amazing to me that the moon is taking the same shape
a few days at a time, it makes sense, but it is not something I ever
noticed until I started this journal and payed attention!!! Crescent shape
again, same angle as the last few nights!!!

Tuesday 3/8

Today was a decent day, clear skys not terribly cold, the moon

came out again, a small crescent shape just like lastnight, I am happy

I am not going on a scavanger hunt anymore for the moon!!!!!

Monday 3/7

The moon finally made an appearance tonight!!!! But only for
a short while! It was a crescent shape.
Clear sky tonight, warmer than it has been.        

Sunday 3/6

Completely dreary out...pouring rain and cold, obviously
no moon or stars in sight....yucky night!

Saturday 3/5

Absolutely nothing!!!!! No moon, but it is a new moon, so
I am not supposed to see anything.....cold out...

Friday 3/4

Ok so I did some research this evening because I have yet to see the moon!

I was correct! Today is a new moon; "In astronomical terminology, the new moon is the lunar phase that occurs when the Moon, in its monthly orbital motion around Earth, lies between Earth and the Sun, and is therefore in conjunction with the Sun as seen from Earth. At this time, the dark (unilluminated) portion of the Moon faces almost directly toward Earth, so that the Moon is not visible to the naked eye".(Wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Moon) At least I am recognizing a pattern here!!!

Thursday 3/3

Ok I know I said this before, but I really think the moon is not visible to me
right now because a new moon is coming, usually when that happens in the lunar
cycle, you cannot see the moon at all......there is no other explanation!!!!
I should be able to see the moon within the next few nights if I am correct!!!!!

Wednesday 3/2

Sky was completely clear sky tonight, could see almost
every single star, moon was no where once again! This
moon is driving me nuts! I even set my alarm to wake me in the middle of the
night, but the moon was a no show............very, very, cold out no clouds in sight

Tuesday 3/1

I cannot say for sure if the moon made an appearance or not
I saw a very faint glow in the sky, when I took a picture it was very
hard to make out. It was very cold out again this evening not as
windy as it has been but a bit cloudy.