I’m feeling a bit frustrated at the lack of clear skies just now!  I’m sure I’m not the only one, but I hadn’t realised quite how frustrating this would be!!  The way my back garden is with surrounding houses etc. I can only see the moon probably from about the first quarter to maybe the last quarter if I’m lucky - at other times, it’s either hidden behind trees/houses or is rising too late in the night. The only thing that’s keeping me positive is that it’s getting dark earlier now and the clocks go back next month too, so I should hopefully be able to make something of the moon when it’s in its later phases of rising in the morning and setting in the evening, since it’ll soon be a lot darker in the late afternoon/early evening than it is in the summer.

(I know the moon isn’t the only thing in the sky, but I’m still learning so I need to practice on the moon quite a bit first!!)