The thin waxing crescent moon with earthshine and Venus. The waxing crescent moon is at 8.7 per cent Illumination. There is a reddish glow around the crescent moon caused by Rayleigh scattering or atmospheric refraction. As moonlight passes through the horizon's thick atmosphere, shorter, high-energy wavelengths (like blue) scatter away. The longer red and orange wavelengths pass through unaffected, giving the crescent moon a fiery glow. This happens when moonlight travels through a thick layer of the Earth's atmosphere, typically when the moon is low on the horizon.

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