>>4461343Not that Anon, but...
The darkened part of the Moon is illuminated by the Earth. The bright part is lit by the Sun. As seen from the Moon, the Earth would look gibbous (more than half-lit). The thinner the crescent, the closer to the line from the Sun to the Earth, the fuller the Earth, the more "earthshine" lights up the Moon. Sailors used to guess coming weather - the brighter the earthshine, the cloudier the weather to the west, from where the prevailing winds come. Yeah, not very accurate, but you know.
Here's a hot I took of the crescent Moon on April 10, 2024. That's Jupiter next to the tree. If you zoom in you can see some of its moons!
The file is not quite original. Right off the camera, the file size exceeds /p/'s limit, so I shrunk it to quarter the size (half the original side dimensions of 6048 x 4024) but was able to keep the exif from the original.
This is the exif: Nikon D780, Nikon 18-120mm lens at 55mm, f/7.1, 10 seconds, ISO-100
Also, this guy is an idiot:
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