He writes, "Corollary to that request: I understand that the last few days of the waning crescent phase have the (minimally lit) moon too close to the sun to be distinguishable; it's the earlier days, particularly while the moon is still in waning gibbous, that confuse me as to my inability to find it in the daytime sky during any of the daylight hours prior to moonset (which times I verify with the US Naval Observatory website)."
Why would this be the case?
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