Day: Tuesday
Date: September 10, 2013
Time: 7:25 pm
Today is the first day of documenting the Moon Phase over a 24 day period, just shy of the completed "Lunation Cycle." Today's Moon phase is called the Waxing Crescent Moon which is the phase that is moving toward the First Quarter Phase.
Day: Wednesday
Date: September 11
Time: 7:45 pm
This is the second day of tracking the Moon. It is hard to see the phase from this picture, but I observed how the Moon's light is changing, lighting up almost half of the Moon.
Day: Thursday
Date: September 12
Time: 7:05 pm
The third day of tracking the Moon. This is the First Quarter Phase.
Day: Friday
Date: Sept 13
Time: 8:00 pm
Each night has a subtle change in the Moon. The Moon has changed in size and is growing larger toward the Full Moon. First Quarter Phase.
Day: Saturday
Date: Sept. 14
Time: 7:15 pm
Tonight the Moon has now changed in size and is getting larger. The Moon looks brighter just over half way. First Quarter Phase.
Day: Sunday
Date: Sept. 15
Time: 6:55 pm
The Waxing Gibbous Phase has begun and now the Moon is moving past the First Quarter Phase.
Date: Sept. 16
Time: 8:33 pm
The Waxing Gibbous Moon Phase is the phase of the Moon that is more than half way full, and moving towards Full Moon.
Date: Sept. 17
Time: 7:02 pm
Tonight is the Waxing Gibbous Phase and the Moon is almost full, but not quite.
Day: Wednesday
Date: Sept. 18, 2013
Time: 7:43 pm
Tonight is the first night of the Full Moon.
Date: Sept. 19
Time: 8:15 pm
When I took the picture of the Moon, it was so full and round. It glowed in the night sky, showing off this Full Moon Phase."The Harvest Moon"
Day: Friday
Date: Sept. 20
Time: 7:15 am
When I awoke this Friday morning the Moon was absolutely beautiful at 7:00 am in the morning.
Day: Saturday
Date: Sept. 21
I could not get a shot of the Moon, but this phase is the Waning Gibbous Phase. The Moon is moving toward the Third Quarter Phase.
Date: Sept. 22
Time: 8:30 am
This morning was a absolutely beautiful morning with a clear shot of the Moon in it's Waning Gibbous Phase.
Day: Monday
Date: Sept. 23
Time: 9:05 am
The Moon is still in the Waning Gibbous phase. This shot shows the phase very clearly.
Day: Tuesday
Date: Sept. 24
It has been raining tonight, and no image of the Moon. The Moon is still in the Waning Gibbous Phase.
Day: Wednesday
Date: Sept. 25
Too much cloud cover to take a picture of the Moon. This phase is
the Waning Gibbous moving toward the Last Quarter.
Day: Thursday
Date: Sept. 26
I have still been unable to capture a photo of the Moon. Today is the Last Quarter Phase of the Moon.
Day: Friday
Date: September 27
Today's phase continues into the Last Quarter.
Day: Saturday
Date: September 28, 2013
The Moon is moving into the Waning Crescent Phase.
Day: Sunday
Date: September 29
This phase is the Waning Crescent.
Day: Monday
Date: September 30
This Waning Crescent Phase.
Day:Tuesday
Date: October 1
Time: 5:50 am
Waning Crescent Phase
Day: Wednesday
Date: October 2
Time: 5:58 am
Waning Crescent Phase.
Day: Thursday
Date: October 3
Time: 6:15 am
The Waning Crescent Phase. Saturday October 5th, the Moon will progress into the New Moon Phase.
Phases Explained
Phase 1- New Moon-This side of the Moon facing the Earth is not visible and not lit up by the Sun.
Phase 2-Waxing Crescent-A very small part of the moon begins to lit up.
Phase 3-First Quarter-One half of the Moon is lit up by the Sun.
Phase 4-Waxing Gibbous-At this phase, half of the Moon is lit up and slowly growing with light from the Sun.
Phase 5-Full Moon-The entire Moon is lit up by the Sun.
Phase 6-Waning Gibbous-The Moon is beginning to decrease in size, but three quarters full.
Phase 7-Last Quarter-Half the Moon is lit by the Sun.
Phase 8-Waning Crescent-A small part of the Moon is lit up.
*Information is adapted from www.classbrain.com/artaskcb/publish/article_51.shtml
Native American Indian Legend of the Moon
A Native American Indian Legend shares the story about an Indian village which was located near where the Moon usually sets, and it was there where they held the Moon. There were others who were trying to steal the moon from them and put it back into the sky. The Indians knew that these people wanted to steal the moon, therefore they plotted to kill them.There were two antelopes that decided to steal the Moon, because they knew that they could outrun the Indians. So the antelope snuck-up on the Indians and stole the Moon. The antelopes ran so fast that the Indians weren't able to catch them. These antelopes ran for a very long time until they were too tired to go any further. Then they stopped at the next Indian village and rested the Moon outside of a teepee while they went inside.
A very sneaky man named Coyote, saw the Moon and thought he could steal it without the antelopes hearing him. Coyote, crept up very quietly to the teepee and grabbed the Moon and ran away as fast as he could. The antelopes heard him and started after him. To no avail the antelopes could not catch up to the Coyote because of his head start. Coyote was headed towards the lake, and when he got there, as far as he could throw, he threw the Moon right into the lake, and it still lies there today.
