Friday night, I observed at a different time than I normally do. Generally, I observe the night sky pretty early--around 9:00. Friday, I was out until about midnight, so I got a different view of the night sky from my driveway. When I looked up, I saw Picis Austrinus when normally, the summer triangle is overhead. Also the moon, at first quarter, had the was split horizontally with the lit side on the bottom, which was also different from what I normally see: a split vertically lit right first quarter. Sunday, in the early evening at around 8, I noticed the start of the waxing gibbous with the lit side on the top rather than the right again. It dawned on me (hah) that the lit side of the moon moves in a circular motion as it moves across the sky rather than staying in one position.
This week I observed about an hour throughout the week.
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