Sunday, September 27, 2009

September First Quarter Moon (上 弦 月)






A first quarter moon (上 弦 月) looks like half a pie. It rises at noon and is high overhead at sunset and it sets around midnight.

First quarter moon comes a week after new moon. Now, as seen from above, the moon in its orbit around Earth is at right angles to a line between the Earth and sun.

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