Comments on: That Moon On Your Christmas Card Is Wrong http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/science/2011/12/that-moon-on-your-christmas-card/ Ideas, innovations and discoveries from the world of science Mon, 17 Jun 2013 16:53:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4 By: Air http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/science/2011/12/that-moon-on-your-christmas-card/comment-page-1/#comment-6246 Air Thu, 29 Dec 2011 17:58:40 +0000 http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/science/?p=7993#comment-6246 To- Devorah Steiner I really think that it just depends on where you are at, what type of moon you would see when. To- Devorah Steiner

I really think that it just depends on where you are at, what type of moon you would see when.

]]> By: Devorah Steiner http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/science/2011/12/that-moon-on-your-christmas-card/comment-page-1/#comment-6219 Devorah Steiner Thu, 22 Dec 2011 16:08:43 +0000 http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/science/?p=7993#comment-6219 I disagree with the astronomer. Last night, 21Dec2011, not too far from Christmas, the waning moon was very visible at 7 PM as I drove home. The sliver of crescent was sharply defined and made both my daughter and me smile. I know for sure that it was a waning moon, as it was the second night of chanukah, which is the 27th of Kislev, just 3 days before the end of the lunar month. I disagree with the astronomer. Last night, 21Dec2011, not too far from Christmas, the waning moon was very visible at 7 PM as I drove home. The sliver of crescent was sharply defined and made both my daughter and me smile. I know for sure that it was a waning moon, as it was the second night of chanukah, which is the 27th of Kislev, just 3 days before the end of the lunar month.

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