[270/366] I miss the Moon

[cosmolinguist]

Well, I tried to celebrate International Observe the Moon Night on my little walk this evening, but the damn sky is still too cloudy.

With one thing and another, I haven't seen the moon much at all lately and this is no good.

It is literally the only good thing I can think of as the nights start getting longer (this evening saw one of my first "It's getting dark already?!" wails from me, and I noticed similar from some friends elsewhere today too so it feels like some kind of threshold has been crossed), that I see the moon more in fall and winter because so much more of those days are in darkness ugh.

Comments

[momentsmusicaux]

I'm getting the 'Urgh it's dark already??' thing as well. Pretty soon it's going to be dark at dinner time.

[cosmolinguist]

I work in the afternoons, I'm still walking so soon I'll be walking home in the dark, and cold. I'm not looking forward to it.

[raino]

I had no idea it was observe the moon night but i did nevertheless. Very low near the horizon, pale gold and sofftened by delicate veil of mist. So more a poetic observation than astronomical.

[cosmolinguist]

That's a lovely description, I can picture it. :) Thank you.

I think poetic as much as scientific descriptions are the point of "days" like this, because scientists are always observing stuff like this but much of the time the rest of us don't think about it. And I think that's kind of a shame. It's always good for us to look at the moon and the mist and the horizon.

[momentsmusicaux]

'Observe the moon' -- like an optical illusion that keeps flipping, I want to interpret that as being about a cultural ceremony.