Waxing Gibbous--April 17, 2019.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

[elleng]

1. Great one, Peg!

HOPE I can catch some of it today; clouds coming in around moonrise here.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

2. Thanks so much, dear elleng! Hope you can catch it too.

[Ohiogal]

3. Beautiful, as always, Peggy.

what a pretty golden color, too.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

4. Thanks so much, my dear Ohiogal!

The color is true to what I saw last night. However, I used my little photoshop program to achieve it. I wanted to see if I could actually approximate the true color, and I was happy about the results.

[bobbieinok]

5. Bit OT--why 'waxes'? Same word as German wachsen-to grow

So 'the moon waxes and wanes' means 'the moon grows and diminishes'.

As a kid I couldn't figure out what a bunch of waxes had to do with the moon.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

6. That's how the astronomers describe the phenomenon!

I use the proper terminology! I want the astronomers to approve of my language.

[CatMor]

7. Beautiful ...

with all the ugliness going on in our country it is a pleasure to see the beauty of the moon.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

8. Thank you, my dear CatMor!

And I sure do agree about the need for beauty these days...