???? Anyone notice the UPSIDE DOWN MOON last night ?????

I know, I know, people are going to say it's always been in that position--

like a "smile"-- but I don't buy that. I showed some of my littler kids, but I

didn't say anything, just showed it to them. Each of them said, "Why is the moon

upside down"? Out of the mouths of babes.

BTW---I'm in Florida. Saw the moon last night @ 10:30 pm.

Perfect "smile" crescent--- with both tips pointing up.

From your article:
The period where this is most common, January 20 - February 18,


This is only supposed to happen in the Winter. And the only other place this happens is at the Equator during the year. So why then was this captured in April in North Carolina:

IMAGE ( [link to i62.photobucket.com] )

We were partying out back the night that image was taken back in April.

I have had more than a few people that I know mention that moon is not right. My cousin just said something two days ago actually.

I am getting quite tired of idiots saying maybe we should pay more attention.. The problem is that YOU are not paying attention. Those of us who observe the sky on a regular basis know when something is not right! And I have watched the sky nearly every night for the past 35+ years.

From your article:
The period where this is most common, January 20 - February 18,


This is only supposed to happen in the Winter. And the only other place this happens is at the Equator during the year. So why then was this captured in April in North Carolina:

IMAGE ( [link to i62.photobucket.com] )

We were partying out back the night that image was taken back in April.

I have had more than a few people that I know mention that moon is not right. My cousin just said something two days ago actually.

I am getting quite tired of idiots saying maybe we should pay more attention.. The problem is that YOU are not paying attention. Those of us who observe the sky on a regular basis know when something is not right! And I have watched the sky nearly every night for the past 35+ years.

I saw this last year and so many others said they had never seen it before either. My daughter said she had only seen it in a Japanese anime, "Sailor Moon" before then. I guess the anime called it that because it looks rather like a boat. Can't say if the Japanese had seen it before we did, or if it was a fantasy.
Yes it is like that again this year! And funny that it is mentioned as a "Chesire Cat" because when I saw it tonight, it had clouds or shadows for a while...I was trying to figure out what caused it to look like it had eyes...and "Chesire Cat" came to mind!
Odd is all I can say. Some people just tend to look all of the time, and when its not what we saw for so many years before, we tend to ask others. I don't think we are crazy, things are just different in some ways.

I know, I know, people are going to say it's always been in that position--

like a "smile"-- but I don't buy that. I showed some of my littler kids, but I

didn't say anything, just showed it to them. Each of them said, "Why is the moon

upside down"? Out of the mouths of babes.

BTW---I'm in Florida. Saw the moon last night @ 10:30 pm.

Perfect "smile" crescent--- with both tips pointing up.

The moon is getting lower and lower.

On its next orbit it may crash into the Midwest, possibly Kentucky.



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It's a wet moon and typically like that in the winter because the earth is tilted away from the sun.

If it is still a horizontal crescent in the summer we know we have a problem.

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very funny! why kentucky! too bad...

It could be too bad for a lot of states. The moon is round, and once it hits Kentucky with a giant WHUMP! it may bounce once or twice, figure Missouri and Kansas, and then roll on west until it splashes into the Pacific, creating a historic slosh that will douche the ring of fire.

Just as long as the space station captures it for the movie of the week...otherwise it will be such a waste of space..I mean, aerthh, I mean moon...or is that ocean..hmmm...anyway. just be sure to get the space shuttle a 3d camera for the astronauts in teh station ok

It's normal, but it seems that people are only now paying attention to the moon because of all the threads on GLP about it.

It's called "field rotation" (look it up).

Think of it like this - if the moon's due south of you, and in a "half moon phase", then the terminator (line between shadow and lit halves) is pretty much vertical. It runs from the moon's north pole to its south pole. It also lines up roughly with the earth's north-south axis, which also lines up with you facing south, and north behind you.

Now, if you look east, as the moon rises, then north is to your left, and south to your right. The moon is still lined up with the north-south axis, so the terminator line can be nearly horizontal.

The same happens as you watch it set in the west. North is now to your right, and south to your left, so again the terminator is horizontal, and it lines up with the earth's axis.

The same applies to all the other moon phases, so you get rotated crescent moons, gibbous moons etc. Look up "wet moon", "dry moon", cheshire moon" - there are lots of references and images.

It's not the moon that's rotated - it's you!!

Another thing to think about - when you see it, rotated one way or the other, or due south and straight, somebody, somewhere else in the world is seeing it in a different orientation. It's the same moon, so if different people see it in different ways, it must be to do with their positions on the earth, not something the moon is doing (otherwise everyone would see it the same way at the same time).

This has been written about in lots of cultures, all the way from the ancient egyptians over 4,000 years ago through Shakespeare and into modern books. In fact, even 50 years ago people wouldn't have given it a second though because they saw the moon regularly and were used to seeing these effects. Unfortunately people hardly ever look at the skies nowadays (even though the moon is easily visible in light polluted cities) so all knowledge about how things move in the skies is being lost.

It's a shame really, as the skies are fascinating to watch, even if you don't get deeply into astronomy. There's always something to look at if people would only take the time and learn about it, instead of assuming something they haven't noticed before is "wrong"...