The final view!

March 23, 2011. 9pm The last day of my observation. The moon is only about 65% visible, but i can not see it. THERE IS SNOW POURING DOWN! it is day 3 of spring and there is about 3 inches of snow on the ground. I hope for anyone that decides to observe the moon that you do it in the summer, it was a fun but cold observation. I learned new things and built a new appreciation for how the world works ..

March 22, 2011. 10pm... CLOUDS AND A CHANCE OF SNOW! isnt it supposed to be the second day of spring. This has been a crazy winter and now that its over the snow just doesnt want to leave us. the moon seems to be approx. 75% visible.

 

March 21, 2011. 10pm. Fast moving clouds! and an extremely foggy night! Tonight i was up north and the weather was crazy, it was soo unbelievably foggy and the clouds were speeding right past the moon. They moved so fast that i could clearly get a glimpse of it. It is still quite big but it is still fading away from full visibilty.

March 20, 2011. 10 pm It is now a dissappearing act, I can not see the moon tonight but i know that it is starting to fade away as it has done every single time after the moon is fully visible. Last night was the last night i am going to be observing the moon in its fullest form.

The new moon cycle

March 19, 2011, A FULL MOON IS IN THE SKY!  it is not very warm anymore, it is infact once again very chilly outside, but still a great clear night. I was in monticello ny this evening and got to see the sky from a different point of view. The stars are very visible in this area.

March 18, 2011.  ALMOST FULLY GROWN! the moon is growing at a fast rate. its crazy because before i couldnt find the moon and now i dont even have to go on a hunt looking. it is shining down bright and huge. It is one night away from being full!

March 17, 2011. HAPPY SAINT PATTY'S DAY!!! amazing night, warm, and clear skies. It was the most perfect saint pattys night that anyone could ask for. The moon is almost full, and this is very exciting, i would say about 90% visible.

 March 16, 2011 tonight was warm and clear. I was watching the moon through my friends sun roof which was exciting because it was clear and warm enough to have the sun roof open. There were soo many stars in the sky tonight. I really enoyed just looking up at the sky this evening. 85% visible

March 15, 2011 Clear and amazing night! the moon is growing in size its about 75% visible.
 

March 14, 2011. Another cloudy night, however i was able to see that moon shining through. The clouds were moving fast by allowing a break for the moon to make an appearance. The moon is getting bigger. about 65% visible.

 March 13, 2011. It is cloudy out, but i am able to see the moon shining through i can not tell how big it is because the clouds are so dense, but i am going to predict that it is about 50% visible. Were half way there!

 March 12, 2011. The moon is almost half visible to the eye now. it is another nice night which is great and the snow is all gone. The moon is going to continue to grow and i hope it doesnt dicide to hide again.

 March 11, 2011. It is a clear night, I am thankful that it is not so cold anymore because going outside with 4 feets of snow and freezing to look for the moon was no fun. Now im starting to enjoy being outside more and can not wait for the weather to be in the 60's. The moon is about 40% visible, it is exciting to be able to see the moon again.

 March 10, 2011 Such a horrible night! There is soo much rain and Im not even attemting to look for the moon, the rain is heavy and im going to assume that the moon is about 25% visible.

March 9, 2011. Tonight is cloudy, i can see the moon poking through the clouds tho. It isnt very big yet still just a cresent shape, but it is most definetly growing.

 March 8, 2011, Clear night, stars in the sky and im still able to see the moon. It is growing in size and is about 10% visible,

March 7, 2011. YAY!! I SEE THE MOON! finally i can visible see the moon. It is such a nice night because it seems to be getting a little warmer. The moon is about 5% visible, just a small cresent shape, but im sure it will be huge in no time.

March 6, 2011, Rain, cold, and if there is a moon i can not see it tonight. I wonder if its starting to grow...

March 5, 2011, Clear night no clouds in the sky but still no moon. I think that it will start to appear again tomorrow, but we will see. Im excited to see this new moon start. I never took the time to pay attention to the moon, this really is interesting to me. 

March 4, 2011 NEW MOON TODAY! I was able to look up some information and tonight is the beginning or the new moon. This means that the moon is not at all visible to the naked eye right now and will start  to grow once again. hopefully i will soon be able to see it.

March 3, 2011, Beautiful clear night, soo many stars in the sky, BUT NO MOON. where in the world are you moon!  Im assumming the moon is almost completely gone tonight.

March 2, 2011. The moon is stull hiding. I wish i could figure out why, however this is going to be the first new moon cycle that i get to see during this observation. Im excited to see what is to come. The moon is still disappearing from my research.

Clouds and a fading moon

February 28, 2011. 10pm. the last night of february is finally here. Once again it was a cloudy night and they were so dence i could not see the moon. Since the moon is fading away it can not shine brightly through the clouds. I am soley going off of predictions and observations in the past to figure out where the moon will be at this time. I feel it is most likely only about 20% visible.

Clouds

February 27, 2011. 10 pm. The sky is still quite heavily filled with clouds. I thought i may have saw the moon shining through but i was not positive if it was in fact the moon. The moon is now almost gone and is approx. 35% visible. This is approx. where i i started observing the moon last time but it was growing not fading away.

Bye moon

February 26, 2011. 10pm. SNOW! MORE SNOW! The snow was so dense i could not see the sky. I was shocked that after the nice weather we were having that it would snow. The moon was hiden behind the clouds tonight but i know that it is still slowly fading away. and less then 50% visible now.

Half was gone

February 25, 2011. 10pm. Tonight wa a beautiful clear night with stars in the sky. I still can not find the moon, but from my research the moon is only alf visible. It will slowly be turning into just a sliver.

dude wheres the moon!

February 24, 2011. 10 pm.. Goodbye moon, The moon is really becoming hard to find. I have searched the sky and it seems it does not want to reveil itself. The moon is however shrinking and almost half gone.