[HPforGrownups] Re: full moon

[Shaun Hately]

No: HPFGUIDX 51180

On 30 Jan 2003 at 22:39, Kelly L. kethlenda at yahoo.com wrote:

> Well, actually, I think the full moon does rise at sunset.  It would 
> rise at noon when it was a half moon, I think.  I have two pictures 
> from my last vacation, one of the setting sun, and one of the 
> rising moon taken just a few seconds later after I turned the 
> other direction.  

Astronomer speaking here.

A full moon rises at approximately sunset and sets at approximately sunrise. A half 
moon may rise at approximately noon and set at approximately midnight, or rise at 
approximately midnight and set at approximately noon. There are slight deviations 
because because what we call a full moon is often in a technical sense as little as 95% 
full, and that difference makes some difference to time of rising and setting.

Yours Without Wax, Dreadnought
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