January full moon mimics path of July sun
Image by ctd 2005
Saturday, January 10, 2009.
The January full moon falls at 3:27 Universal Time tomorrow morning. And a bright full-looking moon will light up the night tonight from dusk till dawn.
The clock time of every full moon varies around the globe. For North America, the moon turns full during the evening hours tonight. In Asia and Australia, full moon takes place during the daylight hours Sunday, when the moon is beneath the horizon.
It’s the same instant of full moon for all of us. It’s just our clocks and calendars saying different times. Now think about the path tonight’s moon will travel across the sky. That path will mimic the path of the sun six months from now.
In both hemispheres, the January sun rises and sets south of due east and west. In the northern hemisphere, these far-southern risings and settings give us the short days of winter. South of the equator, the same far-southern sunrises and sunsets bring long summer days. But the moon is opposite the sun.
And that’s why tonight’s moon – like the July sun – will follow a high path across the sky as seen from the northern part of the globe – and a low path as seen from the southern. At every full moon, the moon rises around sunset, climbs highest in the sky around midnight and sets around sunrise. Watch for it.
IS TE SHORTIST DAY ON DEC 21 ORE JAN 8????????????????.
R. Norton,
For the northern hemisphere, the year’s shortest day last happened on December 21, 2008, and will happen next on December 21, 2009. But the year’s earliest sunsets and latest sunrises do not take place on the shortest day of the year. For more, read the EarthSky Tonight program Latest sunrises for the northern hemisphere.
Bruce
way cool
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I think that space is the science of GOD and my wife and woman don’t care of the magnituge of the above heavens!!!