Dark Moon

to the first man on the moon

Adam Farcus - First Quarter (Neil Armstrong) (digital image) 2013

the source materials:

the day and moon phase that Neil Armstrong walked on the moon

At 02:39 UTC on Monday July 21, 1969, Armstrong opened the hatch, and at 02:51 UTC began his descent to the lunar surface. The Remote Control Unit controls on his chest kept him from seeing his feet. Climbing down the nine-rung ladder, Armstrong pulled a D-ring to deploy the Modular Equipment Stowage Assembly (MESA) folded against Eagle's side and activate the TV camera, and at 02:56:15 UTC he set his left foot on the surface. (source: Wikipedia, Apollo 11)

 

drawing

Adam Farcus - Surge (silt washed up from Hurricane Sandy on paper) 12" x 12", 2013

research on the process of this drawing

Rise / Springs / Syzygy

I am working on some research for a drawing about Hurricane Sandy. I plan on using red silt that washed up in my house to make a drawing of a full moon. Below is some research for this drawing.

 collected silt that washed up in my house during Hurricane Sandy

The semi-diurnal range (the difference in height between high and low waters over about half a day) varies in a two-week cycle. Approximately twice a month, around new moon and full moon when the Sun, Moon and Earth form a line (a condition known as syzygy^[8]) the tidal force due to the sun reinforces that due to the Moon. The tide's range is then at its maximum: this is called the spring tide, or just springs. It is not named after the season but, like that word, derives from the meaning "jump, burst forth, rise", as in a natural spring.
-Wikipedia

moon phase over Hurricane Sandy when it hit land in NJ/NY/etc

Coal City Moondog

12/23/12
over Coal City, IL

watching the moon

7/29/12 12:43am

i've been watching the moon out my window, and reflected by the window, for two nights now

7/30/12 12:48am

watching the moon out my window, reflected on the glass four times, for the third night in a row

7/30/12

Home Depot windows

32" x 54"

24" x 36" (small-ish; would be next to another to make a horizontal composition)
28" x 58"

32" x 46"

moondog

Paraselene; noun

1. a luminous spot on a lunar halo caused by ice crystals in cirrus clouds.
2. (Earth Sciences / Physical Geography) Meteorol a bright image of the moon on a lunar halo Also called mock moon or moon dog
3. a false moon, in reality a bright spot or a luminous ring surrounding the moon.