From the Roosevelt Island Twitterverse:
Waxing Crescent Moon Over Manhattan – HDR Image from Tonight @Rooseveltisland @EmpireStateBldg @themoon pic.twitter.com/jlna3FnuaV
J. Robert Burgoyne (@jrobertburgoyne) November 17, 2015
According to Earth Sky:
When you see the moon as a slim crescent in the west after sunset its a waxing moon. Is that Earths shadow on the moon? No, its the moons own shadow….
and more on the lunar cycles
from Kids Educational Games.