We’re after K.L. for this month and before M’vorchim, so let’s review some astronomy that we should be aware of. Around Rosh Chodesh, the moon is generally not visible. Over the following couple of nights, one can see a crescent moon that gets fatter each day, starts out higher in the sky, and stays out longer, night by night. Around a week or so into the month, a half-moon will be visible high in the sky at the beginning of the night. As the night progresses, the half-moon moves lower and lower towards the western sky, where it sets around midnight. For the next week, a larger and larger moon (waxing) is seen at nightfall, further towards the east. During the night it takes longer and longer to make its way towards the west where it sets later and later. Mid-month, a full moon rises in the east at nightfall and stays out the whole night until it sets in the west at daybreak. mtc [The
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