Moonrise into the Void

The waxing Gibbous Moon rises between trees of bare branches. Look closely and you will see that this is not a Full Moon — the lower-left portion of the disk is slightly darker, slightly irregular compared with the rest. In about two days Luna will shine brilliant and appear as a perfect circle … if our skies allow us to see!

Meanwhile, in the west, the Sun disappears in red-orange glory.

Sun Sets Abandoning the Sky