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.

[gsh]

What was your latitude? The full moon was on about 3am on the 13th, and in DC moonrise was at 9:07. The moon rises about 55 minutes later each day.

[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.

[gsh]

Interesting. From the USNO web site, I get:

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. :)

[a-triath.livejournal.com]

yes, a_treitell had mentioned as much. . . odd. Perhaps I plugged in the wrong year.