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Virtual Moon Atlas (by far the best Lunar software IMHO - and it's free) has options that let you view the Moon as seen from the Southern Hemisphere, you can also account for the left-right reflection caused by a diagonal equipped refractor or SCT.
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You can also tell waxing v waning by the time the Moon rises - if you are seeing a crescent Moon rising in the East after midnight it's a waning Moon. A waxing Moon would already be in the sky as the sun sets.
To elaborate - there is a consistent relationship each Lunar month between the times the Moon is in the sky and the phase:
- a New Moon rises at sunrise and sets at sunset
- a First Quarter Moon rises at noon and sets at midnight
- a Full Moon rises at sunset and sets at sunrise
- a Last Quarter moon rises at midnight and sets at noon
so each day during the Lunar month as the phase advances the moon rises a little later and sets a little later until the complete cycle has completed and starts again.
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