In writing a mystery story, the writer has the fictitious villain planning a robbery and needs to use a statement about the timing of the robbery. Which of these statements could accurately describe the Moon's location at the time of the robbery?
A) "Because it is new Moon this evening, we can plan the job for 3 weeks from today, when the night will be moonless."
B) "It is now full Moon, so we need to wait for 2 weeks before we get a moonless night."
C) "We will do the job about a month from now, when the sky will be moonless, because it is full Moon tonight."
D) "It is a first-quarter Moon now, so we have to wait only about a week for a dark, moonless night."
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