Rising full moon

01/08/12, about 6:30 pm, looking east

Technically, the moon was full this morning, January 9th, sometime, but last night the clouds came in. There would be no opportunity to paint the full moon after about 8 pm on Sunday, January 8th because of the overcast skies. This is the moon rising in the east just above the tree tops at about 6:30 pm.

As is so often the case when the moon is near the horizon, the moon looks yellowish orange. The color of moonlight is changed by the layers of atmosphere it travels through to reach one's eyes. The blue, green and violet colors are scattered and one sees only the red, yellow and orange colors.