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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.

Date: 2006-05-14 10:56 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] a-triath.livejournal.com
well, sometimes yes, others no. From our latitude, yesterday was a full moon, and moonrise here was 20:18 hours. . . day after tomorrow moonrise will be at 23:28, but not quite full any more.

Date: 2006-05-15 01:26 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] a-triath.livejournal.com
Really? 09:07? My moon table put moonrise here at 20:18 the other night, and we're only in central NY. . . huh.

Date: 2006-05-15 01:34 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] a-triath.livejournal.com
yes, a_treitell had mentioned as much. . . odd. Perhaps I plugged in the wrong year.

Date: 2006-05-14 11:10 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] tamarinne.livejournal.com
Um.... I know you're the astronomer, so you must be right. ;) But... um... could you explain that?

Date: 2006-05-15 12:03 am (UTC)
melebeth: (Default)
From: [personal profile] melebeth
Silly boy, it's midnight in the timezone where you're watching it, not in the scene!!!! That's why movies you see filmed on the west coast are always off when you see them here.

Date: 2006-05-15 12:49 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] rapha.livejournal.com
Sun? what's a .. sun? ...

Date: 2006-05-15 01:24 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] a-triath.livejournal.com
It's like the Dragon of the North Sea, only slightly brighter ;) I live in Ithaca, so I only ever see it through clouds.

Date: 2006-05-15 03:35 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] nminusone.livejournal.com
But they had to do it that way so you could see the wave obscuring the moon!

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.

Date: 2006-05-15 11:02 am (UTC)
wotw: (Default)
From: [personal profile] wotw
Last night, about 11:30PM, I saw what appeared to be a full moon
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?

Date: 2006-05-15 03:25 pm (UTC)
drwex: (Whorfin)
From: [personal profile] drwex
Ya think, maybe? I've seen what appeared to be full moons up during daylight and of course the full moon near the horizon in fall that appears full and gets called a 'blood moon' (red) or 'harvest moon' (orange).

Date: 2006-05-15 11:39 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] vvalkyri.livejournal.com
so what movie was this?

Date: 2006-05-18 07:13 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] nminusone.livejournal.com
It may be that I am fussier about what makes a full moon rather than an "nearly" full moon than the average person

That's got to be it. Especially since, to my untrained eye, it seems like the full moon lasts approximately 3 days.

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