Dear Hollywood

[gsh]

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.

Comments

[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.

[tamarinne.livejournal.com]

Um.... I know you're the astronomer, so you must be right. ;) But... um... could you explain that?

[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.

[rapha.livejournal.com]

Sun? what's a .. sun? ...

[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.

[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?