The moon was rising in the inky sky.

月亮升起在墨似的夜空中。

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The moon was full, the sky clear.

圆月碧空。

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In the sky the moon shines brightly.

月亮在天空中明亮地照耀着。

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So many bright lights shooting into the sky from the gardens would keep Princess Lenore from seeing the moon.

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If skies are clear, individuals can view the conjunction by looking at the Moon and finding the brightest star in the sky next to the Moon, which will be Jupiter.

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Unfortunately, his mnemonic would only work in the northern hemisphere, where the moon is observed in the southern sky with the right side of the moon sunward during the waxing phase and the left side sunward during the waning phase.

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Weiszbrod drives us slowly up the switchbacks of 9, 000-foot Kimball Mountain under a starry sky and a waning moon that is just past full, a bright thumb with a dirty fingernail.

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