Tonight's moon, waning gibbous

[CaliforniaPeggy]

[applegrove]

1. Lovely.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

2. Thanks so much, my dear Applegrove! Glad you like it. ♥

[elleng]

3. Nice, Peg.

Cloudy here most of today, some rain tomorrow, some sun later in the week.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

4. Thanks so much, my dear elleng!

We have the Santa Ana winds out of the NE blowing these days. They bring the heat and they clear the clouds away!

There is also a high risk of fire all around. Humidity runs around 12%. Pretty dry!

But all of this makes for great photo opportunities.

[I_UndergroundPanther]

9. Wow

Thats cottonmouth all day kinda dry. Even when you sip gallons of water
to keep your mouth moist because the spit dries up once it leaves the salivary gland.

[Haggard Celine]

5. I like this one. I think it's better than the shots where the Moon is yellow and shiny,

which most photos are. You can see the Moon's "seas" a lot better here. I also like the color of the Moon better in this picture. My favorite color is purple, and I see some hints of purple here.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

6. Thanks so much for your detailed critique, my dear Haggard Celine!

The "seas" do show up well here. I always struggle with what color should be showing?

When I look at the moon, it's bright white, and not this color at all.

I hadn't noticed the purple hints before, but now that I'm looking closely, I see them. It may be some sort of artifact.

Thanks again!

[Ziggysmom]

7. Is this pic from your new camera? I really like this photo. My father told me I was a

waning moon baby.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

10. My dear Ziggysmom!

Please forgive my tardy reply! I simply forgot that there were responses I hadn't answered yet.

And yes, this is a photo from my new Olympus E-M 10 Mark IV.

[YoshidaYui]

8. Celebrating Tsukimi Japanese mid Autumn Festival

Tsukimi (月見 ) or Otsukimi (お月見 ) , meaning, "moon-viewing", also known as Jugoya (十五夜 ) , are Japanese festivals honoring the autumn moon, a variant of the Mid-Autumn Festival. The celebration of the full moon typically takes place on the 15th day of the eighth month of the traditional Japanese calendar; the waxing moon is celebrated on the 13th day of the ninth month. These days normally fall in September and October of the modern solar calendar.

The tradition dates to the Heian era, and is now so popular in Japan that some people repeat the activities for several evenings following the appearance of the full moon during the eighth lunisolar month.

Tsukimi traditions include displaying decorations made from Japanese pampas grass (susuki) and eating rice dumplings called Tsukimi dango in order to celebrate the beauty of the Moon.[1] Seasonal produce are also displayed as offerings to the Moon. Sweet potatoes are offered to the full moon, while beans or chestnuts are offered to the waxing moon the following month. The alternate names of the celebrations, Imomeigetsu (meaning "potato harvest moon" ) and Mamemeigetsu ( meaning " bean harvest moon " ) or Kurimeigetsu (meaning "chestnut harvest moon" ) are derived from these offerings.

more....https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsukimi

[CaliforniaPeggy]

11. Thanks for the Japanese bit of history, my dear YoshidaYui! Very kind of you. ♥