The Earthshine

On the First of December ,2008 , I had a chance to saw the Earthshine at 17.00-21.30 o'clock. And you can see it !!. At the first time ,I am looking up to the sky to saw the moon ,and I thought the moon in this day was very beautiful and there were two planets near the moon .They were the Venus(on the left of your hand) and Jupiter(0n the right of your hand) .So we could see its like a face who was smiling.

Earthshine is most readily observable shortly before and after a New Moon, during the waxing or waning crescent phase. When the Moon is new as viewed from Earth, the Earth is nearly fully lit up as viewed from the Moon. Sunlight is reflected from the Earth to the night side of the Moon. The night side appears to glow faintly and the entire of the Moon is dimly visible.

The Earthshine is a nature phenomenon which have a few time to see .That is the most impressive day in my life .I think if you have a chance to see it ,you will have a feeling like me. And you should not miss its on the next time because it is lovely and very beautiful.