We've been learning a thing or two about the Moon lately. One little tidbit we picked up was that the phase the Moon is currently in is a called the 'Waning Gibbous'. 'Gibbous' for me was an odd word and so it just cried out for looking it up in the dictionary:
gib·bous Adjective /ˈgibəs/
Synonyms:
adjective: hunchbacked, convex, humpbacked, bulging,protuberant
Synonyms:
adjective: hunchbacked, convex, humpbacked, bulging,protuberant
- (of the moon) Having the observable illuminated part greater than a semicircle and less than a circle
- Convex or protuberant
- gibbous eyes
Web definitions
- crookback: characteristic of or suffering from kyphosis, an abnormality of the vertebral column
- (used of the moon) more than half full http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=gibbous
- (gibbousness) bulge: something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings; "the gun in his pocket made an obvious bulge"; "the hump of a camel"; "he stood on the rocky prominence"; "the occipital protuberance was well developed"; "the bony excrescence between its horns" http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=gibbousness
- A lunar phase or phase of the moon is the appearance of the illuminated portion of the Moon as seen by an observer, usually on Earth. The lunar phases vary cyclically as the Moon orbits the Earth, according to the changing relative positions of the Earth, Moon and Sun. ... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gibbous
- Characterized by convexity; protuberant; Phase of moon or planet between first quarter and full or between full and last quarter; Humpbacked http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/gibbous
- The lunar phase when the moon is more than half dark, but less than fully illuminated. http://www.floridaparanormalresearch.com/glossary/
- Convex, rounded, protuberant; exceeding a semi-circle but less than a circle http://huey.colorado.edu/diatoms/about/glossary.php
- From a word meaning 'fat' or 'rounded', this refers to seeing a moon or planet more than half lit by the Sun. [See: Gibbous Phase. Also see: Appendix A-Lunar Orbit and Phases.] http://www.mauriceonthemoon.com/glossary.php
- Protuberant; swelling out into a pouch or sac. http://www.nzetc.org/tm/scholarly/tei-CheManu-t1-back1-d1-d4.html
- irregularly rounded or bulging, as the moon when in a phase between half-moon and full http://www.eldritchdark.com/articles/criticism/69/a-glossary-for-the-fiction-of-clark-ashton-smith
- Swollen or enlarged on one side; a pouch-like enlargement of the base of an organ. http://www.anbg.gov.au/jmiller/factsheets/Acaciella/glossary.htm
- adjective - 1. protuberant; rounded and bulging 2. designating the moon, a planet, etc. in that phase in which more than half, but not all, of the face reflects sunlight to the earth 3. humpbacked; kyphotic (N.B. kyphotic means hunchbacked) http://www.gdiproductions.net/srdamd/
- Swollen on one side. http://keys.lucidcentral.org/keys/v3/FNWE2/key/Whole_key_html/Glossary.htm
I s'pose it had to happen sooner or later but last night the camera started acting up. I had gone to bed early (12:30AM) while Bettina kept trying to shoot. When I awoke she told of the problems and it seems the display simply refuses to work properly in the 'Manual' setting which we've been using. The following pictures were taken in the 'Aperture Priority' setting which works fine but the point is the camera may be on its last legs. No surprise as over the past few years I've shot tens of thousands of photos with it!
6:25AM
7:20AM
Last shot for today. It's 7:44AM and already getting hot outside - 94°F - so we're packing it in for today.
