Waxing crescent moon

The Sunday sky was clear of clouds all day. It was a crisp and clear fall day in which one is warm in the sunshine and chilly in the shade.


The waxing crescent moon was 31% illuminated last evening, October 30th. Rising in the southwest, this portrait was taken at 8 pm with the moon still low over the neighboring houses. Despite the previous few days of wind and rain, trees have hung on to their leaves on lower branches. The upper branches are bare.


The moon is on its way to full on November 10th and growing in light each night. I like how the shadowed moon still appears in this painting like another ghost barely seen, the Arches paper watermark. The watermark is probably only visible to me, but look for it to the right of the moon reading Arches sideways.