Today is Thanksgiving!

It is also a crescent moon out and it was bright enough to see the entire outline of the moon. With a telescope (only 40x) I could see craters along the edge of the brightened and dark side. One feature I saw was a large crater like feature whose name I think is Mare Crisium or Sea of Crisis. I also looked at Altair, Polaris, the stars of Cassiopeia, and the Seven Sisters which was just rising in the east. I stayed out for about 15 minutes or so, starting at around 6:15 pm.
The sky was clear but still bright, so you could only see the brightest of stars.