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Waxing crescent moon (day 5)
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1/25/2007. Resolution: 1459x1174.

Waxing crescent moon (day 5)
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he waxing crescent Moon is a thin sliver of a thing which is seen to set soon after sunset. You will not see the Moon in this phase after midnight. In this phase, the Moon follows the Sun across the sky by a little bit all through the day. Until the Sun does set though, it is just about impossible to see such a faint thing as the waxing crescent Moon in a daylight sky. As moon moves along its orbit, it appears as a crescent on the right side. As the visible part of the moon grows, it is said t (2/28/2009, 12:24 AM)