The young new-moon emerged from the glare of the Sun last weekend. It is moving toward a second full-moon of the month on 31 March. Two full-moons also appeared in January. None in February. Also present in the early evening sky were Venus and Mercury (arrow). Enlarge the image to see Mercury.
About 1% of the Moon was illuminated at that time. It was a cooperative subject for this shot.
Two hours later that evening our phone dinged with a text message from our son on the west coast. He attached this photo taken from his deck. It was fun to see the alignment again. Note that the Moon was a little higher relative to Venus in his photo.
Wonderful photos, thank you. Your son looks as though he lives somewhere beautiful
He does. Thanks, Anne. It is good to see you this morning.