Tuesday, September 11

This a picture of the moon at 5:45 AM on Wednesday (9/12/13). Around 23% of the moon is illuminated this morning, meaning we are very close to the new moon. Due to the small size of the moon I had to walk around seventy-five feet from the front door of my house. The moon is the crescent shape in the middle of the photograph.

Monday, September 10

After figuring out the zoom feature on my iPhone I was finally able to snap a picture of the moon. In this photograph the moon is around 31.4% illuminated. This picture was taken around 6:15 AM Tuesday (9/11/12) morning in my neighborhood. I walked seventy-five feet in order to find the moon this morning. It is obvious by the moon's illumination that we are approaching a new moon in a number of days. The moon is beginning to appear as it did before the last full moon.

The moon is the crescent in the center of the picture, and not the white blur of light.

Sunday, September 9

My drawing of the moon illustrates how the moon looked from the Snoozy's UAB parking lot at 6:15 AM Monday (9/10/12) morning facing away from Mervyn Sterne. Due to "crazy" rise and set times and the decreasing illumination it is becoming more difficult to find the moon in the horizon. Today the moon is at 41% visibility. It is interesting to see the patterns with the moon phase time.

Saturday, September 8

My drawing depicts the appearance of the moon at 6:00 AM Sunday (9/9/12) morning. The illuminated portion of the moon continues to become smaller with each passing day. In order to find the moon I had to walk 50 feet from my house. This morning the moon appeared to be 51% illuminated, as today is the third quarter moon. The third quarter of the moon began at 8:16AM.

Friday, September 7

My illustrations depicts the appearance of the moon at 6:00 AM Saturday (9/8/12) morning. In order to see the moon I had to walk about fifty feet in front of my house early Sunday morning. The moon did not rise until after 11:20 PM Saturday night. It appears as if the moon is "shrinking," the illuminated portion of the moon is growing smaller and smaller. This morning the moon was around 60% visible.

Thursday, September 6

This is a drawing of the moon's appearance in my neighborhood around 5:45 AM September 7. Thursday's moon did not rise until 10:36 PM and its meridian passing time was at 4:58 AM Friday morning. The moon will not set until 12:47 PM Friday afternoon, with its current schedule it is impossible to see the moon before the "wee hours" of the morning. In order to find the moon this morning (September 7) I had to walk down my driveway and into the street, about 50 feet from my house. As you can tell around 70% of the moon remains illuminated from Saturday, September 1.

Wednesday, September 5

This picture of Wednesday's (September 5) moon was taken at 5:45 AM Thursday morning from Snoozy's UAB parking lot. The moon did not rise until 10:00 PM Wednesday and it will not set until 12:04 PM Thursday. The meridian passing time for Wednesday's moon was at 4:11 AM Thursday morning. With the moon not rising until the late hours of the night it is impossible to see the moon until early the next day. The moon appeared significant smaller at 78.4% visibility than it has looked all week, even if it is hard to tell from the photograph. Clear skies this morning made it easier to take a picture of the moon with my iPhone.

Tuesday, September 4

The drawing of Tuesday's moon depicts the moon's appearance at 5:35 AM on Wednesday, September 5 from the parking lot of Snoozy's bookstore (UAB location). Moonrise time for Tuesday, September 4 was 9:18 PM and moonset time is at 11:10 AM Wednesday, September 5. The meridian passing time was Wednesday morning at 3:26 AM. I have noticed that as we move away from the full moon (August 31) the moonset time continues to grow later making it even more difficult to find the moon until the next day. Now, it is extremely difficult to find the moon before 5:00 AM.

Monday, September 3

Due to overcast skies and rain on Monday, September 3 I was unable to really see the moon until 5:30 AM on Tuesday, September 4. This timing makes sense because meridian passing time for Birmingham, AL was not until 2:41 AM Tuesday morning and mooonset time is not until 10:15 AM. My illustration of the moon shows how the moon appeared from the UAB campus green facing towards Snoozy's Bookstore. There did appear to be some change in the illumination of the moon from Saturday and Sunday.

Sunday, September 2

The moon was fairly difficult to find tonight because of cloudy skies. A thunderstorm is forecast for tomorrow which probably explains the cloudy skies. In order to see the moon I had to wait until 12:00 AM (Monday). Every time I checked prior to midnight I was unable to see the moon. I have drawn a picture of the moon's appearance from my neighborhood. Due to cloud coverage photographs of the moon were not clear. The moon appears slightly smaller from the past two days, but there does not appear to be a significant change in the size of illumination. However, it is becoming more difficult by the day to see the moon before midnight.

Saturday September 1

I was unable to snap a picture of the moon tonight, so I have illustrated the moon's appearance from my neighborhood. The drawing depicts the moon at about 11:50 PM. I tried to take a look at the moon at 8:30 PM, 9:30PM, and 10:30 PM but I was unable to see the moon until 11:45. This makes sense because the moon set time for today is actually at 8:22 AM tomorrow morning (Sunday), and the moon will not pass through the Meridian until 1:56 AM. The moon still looks to be fully illuminated from the full moon yesterday, it will probably look like this for another few days. 

Friday, August 31

The moon rose at 7:05 p.m. and will not set until 7:23 a.m. Saturday, September 1. However the full moon began at 9:00 this morning. Below is a snapshot of the moon from my neighborhood around 7:00 p.m. before leaving for the Friday night Shabbat Shalom service. The moon is hidden behind the clouds as it has been cloudy most of the evening.

 

Below is a picture of how the moon appears at Beth Hallel which is more North from my house. This was taken around 9:45 p.m. after church. 

Thursday, August 30

I was unable to take a clear picture of the moon tonight due to thick cloud coverage. Overcast skies have been present all day with intermittent rain because of Hurricane Isaac, so I have drawn a picture to illustrate my view of the moon from TCBY Homewood at 10:00 PM. Tomorrow is the full moon, so the moon almost appears to be 100% illuminated.

Wednesday, August 29

Tonight the moon is around 97% illuminated resembling a full moon. This picture of the moon was taken at 10:00 pm at Shades Mountain Baptist Church. I had to walk around the parking lot of the student building to find a good shot of the moon between the trees. I was unable to photograph the moon from my house this evening due to overcast skies. Also, I would like to note that the moonset time is 5:22 AM, Thursday morning. Yesterday, Tuesday, August 28, moonset time was at 4:19 AM this morning. Moonset time has gradually become later since August 24.

Tuesday, August 28

The picture of the moon was taken about twenty-five feet in front of my house at 9:00 PM, seven hours before moonset. The moon probably will not be in  I have noticed a pattern with the moonset time as it gets closer to a full moon. Moonset time is extending as it gets closer to the full moon; each night the moon is appearing in the sky longer and longer. Tonight the mean appears to be almost completely visible at 93% visibility. Hurricane Isaac made landfall today in the gulf so I am curious to see how this effects moon visibility for the rest of the week.

Monday, August 27

This picture of the moon was taken in front of my house around 9:00 PM, six hours before moonset time. In order to find the moon I had to walk twenty-five feet in front of my house to the mailbox. The moon is around 86% visible with the crescent to the right. Additionally, the moon appears large at 9:00PM despite moonset being at 3:15 AM because the new moon is four days away.

Sunday, August 26

This photograph of the moon was taken around 8:30 PM, about six hours before moonset time, in the front of my house. In order to take the photograph I had to stand facing my house about fifteen feet out . The moon was much easier to locate tonight than it was last night due to clear skies all day long. Currently, the moon is at 66% visibility and takes the shape of a waxing gibbeous, the new moon is not far away.

Saturday August 25

I searched for the moon for almost an hour in and around my neighborhood and could not find the moon. I am not surprised by this because overcast skies have been present all day. I checked periodically throughout the evening up until 9:00 p.m. However, I noticed when I looked outside of my window at midnight, before I went to bed, I could see a faint outline of the moon. Based on the cycle of the moon, I would say that tonight’s moon would continue to show growth in illumination. Additionally, since last night was the first quarter moon the moon would have become a waxing gibbeous.

Friday, August 24

It was a bit difficult to spot the moon tonight because of intermittent thunderstorms this evening. The moon was nowhere to be found in the front of my house tonight, so I had to go in the backyard. I was able to find the moon between two tall oak trees. My photograph was taken around 8:45 PM, around three hours and twenty minutes until the moonset time.  Fifty-five percent of the moon is visible tonight as tonight is the first quarter moon. 

Thursday, August 23

This is a picture of the moon from Brook Highland Plaza. I was unable to see the moon from my neighborhood, so I took a picture while I was running errands. The picture was taken around 6:30 PM, nearly five and a half hours until moonset for the evening which is why the moon appears higher in the sky. Tonight the moon is 43% visible with the crescent of the moon to the right.

Wednesday, August 22

Tonight’s picture of the moon was taken around 8:30 p.m. Again tonight I had to walk down my street about 25 feet to get a visual of the moon. Since the picture was taken about two hours before moonset the moon was in the horizon. I know it's hard to tell in the picture, taken with my iPhone, but the moon is a crescent to the right with about 32% visibility. 

Tuesday, August 21

This is a view of the moon from my neighborhood. Due to trees in my front yard I walked down my street roughly twenty-five feet to see the moon. The picture was taken around 8:35 PM, an hour and twenty minutes before moon set time, which is probably why I had to walk down my neighborhood to find the moon.At this time the moon is 21.1% visible and resembles a waxing crescent. Although it may be hard to tell by the photograph the crescent is to the right side of the moon. Today, marks the fourth day since the new moon on August 17th.