Hello, everybody:
I just wanted to thank all of you for your replies and commentaries concerning
my question.
I'm working on getting some data that will (probably) help me to visualize the
phenomena that you referred to, and I'll post what I've learned when I'm done
with my analysis.
Than
I juste have to make a comment on this:
Warren wrote:
1. At northern latitudes, in the summer, a full moon rises in the southeast as
the sun sets in the northwest.
If you live far enough to the north, the full moon does not rise at all during
summer (for about two months where I live).The sum
Greg,
Almost a month from now at the Autumnal equinox, Sept 23 this year I
believe, the sun will be on the celestial equator but the first quarter
moon (90 degrees from the Sun) will be 23.5 degrees plus minus about 5
deg from the celestial equator and thus below the horizon and will rise
lat
Hello Greg and Chris,
While Chris explains your question well, I have several observations that
are related to your question. I am sure you have made the observations
also. But they are interesting. Who says the motions in the sky are
static?
1. At northern latitudes, in the summer, a fu
nd doesn't explain what you
observed. In fact, on the contrary, it reduces the apparent distance from
the sun to the moon.
Hope this helps
Chris
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Could refraction by the earth's atmosphere have some relevance here?
Andrew
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Subject: Question about lunar phase and the sun's path
Hello, everybody:
I have a question concerning the moon's phase, and solar position. Today (30
Aug 2006) I observed that the moon rose and the sun transited almost
simultaneously at my longitude (106W):
Sun transit13:07
Moonrise 13:02 [1]
I reckoned that this must also mean that t
