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Old November 4th 14, 11:18 PM posted to alt.astronomy
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Default Full Moon Locations ?

"Bob" wrote in message...
Hello,
From my location, I see the New "Full Moon" at roughly ESE.


To try to be clear, at the moment you were looking (and perhaps posting)
the moon was showing as a "Full Moon" and was appearing
to you, rising above the horizon, while you were looking in a ESE direction.

I bet 5 hours later, it was appearing to you as still a "Full Moon"
and was pretty high overhead.
I bet 9 or 10 hours later, it was appearing to you as still a "Full Moon"
and was close to setting below the horizon in the West (perhaps WSW?).

I bet 14 days later, the moon will appear to you as a 'sliver'
or small arc. However it will still raise up above the Eastern horizon,
but you will probably need to be looking at the sky about
12 hours earlier or later than when you saw it first.
And, around 10 hours later, it will go towards, and then fall
below the Western horizon out of sight.

New at this, so please put up with a dumb question:
Will the Full Moon" ever appear at other compass points for me ?
e.g., will it ever be in an orientation of say due N or W from Me ?


As long as you are standing on the earth, and well away from the
north or south pole, the moon will always rise up into your sight
from somewhere on the Eastern horizon.
It will always go down out of your sight somewhere on the Western
horizon (W, or WSW, or WNW). The exact compas points will vary.

Couldn't find a good link that clearly shows this.
Suggestion for ?


Here are some that may help:

My favorite, shows and explains what you can see each night!
http://earthsky.org/tonight

Why does the moon change shape?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FhokvJZFURg

The Earth,Moon and Sun System
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ssA7Ew_BQHY

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earth%27s_orbit
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orbit_of_the_Moon

"What and where is the dark side of the moon?"
http://science.howstuffworks.com/dark-side-of-moon2.htm

From "earthsky" for Nov. 6:
"Full moon on November 6 stays out all night long.
the full moon will stay up all night tonight and sleep in all day tomorrow.
From sundown to sunup, the moon will follow the path of the early
May sun across the sky tonight. Watch it rise in the east around sunset
this evening and set in the west around sunrise tomorrow. At midnight,
when the sun lurks beneath our feet, the moon will assume the position
of the noonday sun in early May."