Moon in Scorpius

Location:  Lower westside Saint John, NB, Canada

Date Time:  December 28, 2024 0620-0700hrs

Weather:  No wind, partly cloudy, very hazy, very cold -6.2C, 96% humidity, wind-chill.

Equipment:  Canon Rebel with 75-300mm lens.  Images processed on PhotoShop.

Objective:  To view and image a thin, waning crescent Moon which was due to rise this AM.

Report:   

• When I first went out to look for the rising moon, I found it very low on the south eastern horizon, between buildings, near two stars.  It was amazingly red, very thin, 7% illuminated according to heavens-above.com.  There were also low clouds passing over it from time to time.  The stars are Antares and another lesser Scorpius star (Al Niyat, I think)  I also think that the Moon is located almost exactly where M4 is in the sky.