See the moon in Europe and S-Africa at the same time

Hello,

I really don't know anything about space, but there is one thing that
I want to know.

When you see the moon in the Southern of Africa, is it possible to see
him at the saim time in the middle of Europe?

Thanks for answering...

Ivo

Ivo de Grauw wrote:

When you see the moon in the Southern of Africa, is it possible to see
him at the saim time in the middle of Europe?

Sure. There are many places the Moon can be where it is easily
visible from both places.
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"Ivo de Grauw" kirjoitti viestissä
m...
Hello,

I really don't know anything about space, but there is one thing that
I want to know.

When you see the moon in the Southern of Africa, is it possible to see
him at the saim time in the middle of Europe?

Thanks for answering...

Ivo

Moon is naturally visible on the whole Moon-facing hemisphere of Earth.
So it is possible to see in those places usually at the same time (*). But
it
wouldn't be visible for example at Pacific Ocean until later that day.

(*) Only if Moon is really south, in summer, it might not be visible
everywhere in Europe.

Jyri

"Jyri Leskinen" writes:

"Ivo de Grauw" kirjoitti viestissä
m...

I really don't know anything about space, but there is one thing that
I want to know.

When you see the moon in the Southern of Africa, is it possible to see
him at the saim time in the middle of Europe?

Moon is naturally visible on the whole Moon-facing hemisphere of Earth.

Due to the inclination of the Moon's orbit relative to the Earth's equator,
if one were at a latitude of more than 62 degrees (e.g., parts of
Scandanavia, the Baltic states, Russia, and other northern countries),
it is possible the Moon may not rise above the local horizon at all
at certain times of the year.


So it is possible to see in those places usually at the same time
(*). But it wouldn't be visible for example at Pacific Ocean until later
that day.

(*) Only if Moon is really south, in summer, it might not be visible
everywhere in Europe.

....There is also a technically involving the question of "same time."
South Africa uses the time-zone for Eastern Europe, even though much
of it is as far west as Western Europe --- so at a given longitude,
moonrise in much of South Africa will be an hour later _BY THE CLOCK_
than it would be at that longitude in the middle of Europe...


-- Gordon D. Pusch

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JRS: In article , seen in
news:sci.space.science, Jyri Leskinen posted
at Tue, 12 Aug 2003 00:17:34 :-
...
(*) Only if Moon is really south, in summer, it might not be visible
everywhere in Europe.

AIUI, the Moon can be 5 degrees or so South of the Ecliptic, which is
the path of the Sun. The Solar-Arctic Circle is a line at about 66.5
deg N, crossing Finland's border with Sweden. ISTM that the Lunar-
Arctic Circle is in fact a band 5 degrees wide around 66.5 N, which
includes nearly all of Finland.

Indeed, currently the Moon is almost full, and passes very low in the
South as seen from this part of London; it fails to clear the Two Towers
as seen from this room. I can readily believe that it will not be seen
from at least most of Finland tonight.

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