The new moon in the arms of the old

Today's was the last moon of the month, which is to say that

tomorrow's moon will be a "new moon" -- no moon at all. This picture

was taken at 4:45 when the last sliver of bright moon was "holding"

the mass of the new moon (the "no moon" or dark moon) in its arms. I

was walking back across campus from the successful PhD defence of a

student on whose supervisory committee I sat.