Veiled Moon

A half-moon peeks out through a thin veil of cirrus fibratus clouds as it rises in the east as seen from the eastern border of Bowman Woods Park in Cedar Rapids, Iowa just after 4:30 PM, Friday, November 4, 2011. Technically, the moon's phase was a waxing gibbous, 9.45 days old, and at this moment was 17 degrees above the horizon.