db wrote on Dec 12^th, 2012 at 10:02pm:

Ever wonder if waxing or waning depends on perspective? Any guesses? Anyway to take an educated guess which just by looking? Does it matter?

The lit-up side is always the side where the sun is. Since this pic was taken in the evening, the sun is in the west, so the pic must have been taken looking south (more or less). If it had been taken in the morning, it would have had to have been taken looking north (ie lit-up side = east). Is that what you mean?