observation 1.7

October 9th
approx. 7:00 am
clear skies, just after sun rise
heading towards pine view from downtown sarasota

as i was driving this morning i was able to barely see the moon. i saw it as i was sitting at a traffic light looking up through my window shield. i was trying to find venus because i knew the moon was supposed to be located directly under it. however, i could not find venus, just the moon. it was a very small sliver and i was only able to focus my eyes on it for a few seconds at a time (granted the light only stayed red for about 30 seconds..). i had never seen the moon that small before so it was very interesting to see it right before it becomes a new moon.