My quest: to see the crescent moon the day before and the day after the new moon.

This is something I'd really like to do. I was hoping this week I'd be able to but I couldn't even see it the day before the new moon. Perhaps the trees covered the thin moon. I hope one day to achieve this goal of mine.

Thin crescent Moon

Featured snippet from the web

The Moon basically follows the ecliptic, the same path traveled by the Sun and planets. From mid-northern latitudes in late summer and fall, the ecliptic tilts upward at a very shallow from the sunset horizon, so thin crescents barely escape the solar glow and are difficult or impossible to see.