September 23, 2011
This morning was a very clear sky around 6:15. I was able to see the stars and the moon very well. I saw the moon and viewed it as a waning crescent. I could however still see the outline of the moon, and the darkened portion very well. I thought to myself, why on some nights is the darkened shade of the moon more easily visible than other nights? To specify my thoughts, why is the dark portion somewhat hazed and other nights the outline is clearly defined? This must have something to do with the light reflecting from the Earth's atmosphere to produce the more easily visible outline.
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