Friday, November 17, 2017: As sunlight illuminates a small sliver of the crescent moon, the rest of the moon’s face is faintly lit by Earthshine, a subtle glow created by light reflecting off the surface of the Earth. Astrophotographer Jennifer Rose Lane captured this stunning view of the waning crescent moon from Chapmanville, West Virginia on Wednesday (Nov. 15), just three days before the invisible new moon will rise into the morning sky. — Hanneke Weitering
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