On the big Perseid night of August 11-12, a waxing
gibbous Moon won't set until around 1 a.m.
Russki accent, pointing out a spectacular waxing
gibbous emerging from a
Observation of the large
gibbous phase at the start of this elongation will be favourable, as early indications from 2013 May onwards have already shown, but when the planet reaches greatest elongation on 2013 Nov 1 it will be in extreme south declination.
Seen through a telescope, the planet currently shows a tiny, football-shaped (
gibbous) disk.
The doodle also shows all phases of the moon, full, half, crescent and
gibbous, as it moves across the sky.
With: Tatyana Ali, Lyriq Bent, Stephan James, Fefe Dobson, Richard Chevolleau, CCH Pounder, Paul Campbell, Kadeem Wilson, Brian Brown, Grace Aberdeen, Shaun Austin-Olsen, Teri-Leigh Bovell, Peter Bryant, Eugene Clark, Jess
Gibbous.
Finn's collection, however, is not one of drama; his quiet essays are deliberate and powerful, each one containing that nugget of surprise, such as the gentle quality of a passage both feminine and haunting: "Above the geese the soft colors of the afternoon deepen into a tremendous wound and a
gibbous moon is birthed, shadows crawling over the snow to dissolve into the river." His message, though understated, is clear: nature, if observed carefully, is transformative.
* At the junction of Thornaby Road and Bader Avenue the Spitfire sits on the roundabout under a bright waxing
gibbous moon.
Not a full-blown moon, but a three-quarters moon, a
gibbous yellow fruit that glowed in its incandescent rind beyond his window.
* SEE He's hooked his camera up to an eight-inch Skywatcher to produce the main image on this page of the waxing
gibbous moon.
Plate 4 Crescent and
gibbous moons: Draw a crescent-shaped moon and cut it out; the other piece is the
gibbous moon.
It is inky dark, with fireflies flashing in the trees and a
gibbous moon hanging over Venus.