Wednesday, February 27

Unfortunately, I missed both nights of the full moon because both nights were overcast and rainy. Tonight I got a good view of the waning gibbous, still brightly illuminated and big.
One interesting thing I noticed is that the moon rotated in the night sky quite a lot since the last time I saw it two or three day ago. At that time it was directly overhead. Tonight when I looked, I noticed it had shifted quite a bit towards the southeast horizon line. Isn't this because of the different moon rise times as well as the time of day I view the moon?
The picture I took was taken around 9pm. The moon could be seen through the trees.