New Year's Day Moon

01/01/12, 3 pm, looking up

The waxing gibbous moon rose mid-afternoon on New Year's Day and shone brightly in the cerulean sky. At 53 percent illumination, it is well on its way to full on January 9th. The swift cumulus clouds played peekaboo with the moon. They were whipped by the breeze and softly formed with trailing edges.


The cold weather is on the way for tomorrow night so we can expect  cold wind and more fast-moving clouds tomorrow.