It is 10.16am here in New Zealand. I am looking at the moon and the sun, they are near each other in the daytime sky.


i have read the following info on various sites:

"If the Sun and the Moon are in the daytime sky together, then the moon has to be in a crescent or quarter phase. For this to occur, Moon has to be more or less between Sun and Earth. In that instance we can only see relatively small portion of its lit surface and most of it is unlit."
[link to wiki.answers.com]

But the moon looks larger than a quarter, and it is sitting on a funny angle, a bit like this:

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