Now Is the Best Time to Observe the Moon This Month

On this particular night, the Harvest full moon was rising in the east, and one of my neighbors, with her young daughter in tow, made a request: "Could you point your telescope to the moon so that we could see it? Lunar mountains will be readily visible, as the sun lights them from the right. Several hours before first-quarter arrival, if you look carefully enough, you'll notice that the terminator is ever so slightly concave, revealing that the moon still has a crescent shape.