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Jan 25, 2018 · Specificaly near the poles you would see the line between illuminated and shadowed part of the Moon very verticaly. At the equator horizontaly. And somewhere in the middle between the equator and the pole tilted under some angle. You would also see the Moon much lower on the horizon when standing near the poles and going near the zenith when ...
Nov 13, 2013 · But, if you mean to get a roughly calculation as on where the moon is at a certain time knowing its phase you can calculate it by knowing that the Earth spins 15°/hour and that the moon positions for each phase. Therefore, new moon the moon will be closer to the zenith at noon (local solar time), 6am for waxing moon, 12 am for full moon and ...
Mar 4, 2021 · Everybody knows that the moon changes phases throughout the course of about a month. The lunar month is about 29 days. The moon goes through one cycle of its phases from new moon, through full moon, and back to new moon again, in a lunar month. We can see these changes in the slightly different appearance of the moon every evening.
Jun 13, 2019 · The moon is shown at 8 key stages during its revolution around the earth. The moon phase name is shown alongside the image. The dotted line from the earth to the moon represents your line of sight when looking at the moon. The large moon image shows what you would see at that point in the cycle.
Nov 7, 2020 · While you have "illumination" it would seem to be easier just to map "moon age" (in days) to a character. The average synodic month is 29.53 days, and you have 28 characters, so calculating age*28/29.53 and then rounding to give a number between 1 and 28 (or 0 and 27). Then it is just a matter of adding 97 if that number is in the range 0-13 ...
Jun 18, 2023 · The view of the Moon will rotate about 180deg from rise to set. The first set of examples show how the Moon will appear at Moonset, the second set shows what it looks like at Moonrise. Just to pick one aspect, "waxing crescent". The lit part of the moon will face (along a great circle) towards the sun.
Mar 31, 2018 · A new moon (when the moon is not seen at night) happens regularly, every 29.5 days (roughly). This is roughly one day less than a month. So you can forecast the next few new moons by "add a month, minus a day". The next New moon will be on 16 April. We would then expect new moons on: 15 May, 14 June, 13 July, 12 August and so on.
Feb 2, 2016 · Latitude. For example, the moon can appear directly overhead only up to about 29 degrees latitude. (Disclosure, another answer of mine.) The axial tilt of the Moon orbit, about 5° relative to the ecliptic. Other lunar vagaries. Weather, of course. This map shows that the moon will be directly over Florida on March 20, 2040, 7pm local.
Feb 27, 2021 · 4. The angle that the moon appears to be tilted depends on the relative positions of the sun and moon. The lit part of the moon always points at the sun, but it points at the sun along a "great circle", and this can create an optical illusion, since a line in the sky that is parallel to the horizon could appear "straight" but it is not a great ...
Apr 4, 2017 · 5. If you take a line from the middle of the terminator, but at 90 degrees to the termination, it more or less points towards the sun. Now consider the moon at first quarter: as the moon rises, the sun is due south, so imagine a line from the moon to the sun, and the terminator will be at 90 degrees to this, so pointing from bottom right to top ...
