Dear Hollywood
May. 14th, 2006 06:25 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
I'd like you to know that when you want to show a very pretty full moon on or near the horizon, please don't make the time be midnight. At midnight the full moon is where the sun would be at noon.
Love,
Me.
Love,
Me.
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Date: 2006-05-15 01:32 am (UTC)The following information is provided for Ithaca, Tompkins County, New York (longitude W76.5, latitude N42.4):
Saturday
13 May 2006 Eastern Daylight Time
SUN
Begin civil twilight 5:14 a.m.
Sunrise 5:46 a.m.
Sun transit 1:02 p.m.
Sunset 8:19 p.m.
End civil twilight 8:51 p.m.
MOON
Moonrise 8:07 p.m. on preceding day
Moon transit 12:54 a.m.
Moonset 5:34 a.m.
Moonrise 9:18 p.m.
Moonset 6:09 a.m. on following day
Full Moon on 13 May 2006 at 2:51 a.m. Eastern Daylight Time.
Just so you know, I'm a professional astronomer. :)
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Date: 2006-05-15 03:35 am (UTC)It's funny how a knowledge of science can sometimes spoil your appreciation of art. I suck at suspending disbelief, but usually watching a movie puts my critical brain on hold so I just don't notice unrealistic things. (Unless the movie's really bad - that seems to make me hyper-aware.) Once I do notice them, though, I can't ignore them anymore.
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Date: 2006-05-15 11:02 am (UTC)very near the horizon. I am sure about the time, etc., because I
had already read this post and was therefore paying attention.
So what gives?
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Date: 2006-05-18 07:13 am (UTC)That's got to be it. Especially since, to my untrained eye, it seems like the full moon lasts approximately 3 days.