SEATTLE 12:21 AM... Look at the Moon...It looks Strange !

The weather app on my phone is showing the Seattle moon rotated 90 degrees clockwise from how it's actually illuminated.
Weird.

Here in Missouri, the moon remains at 10 and 4

Jupiter.

Seriously, No moon yet in the horizon here in Sydney (Far East) and its 8:00 PM and dark.

maybe its a hologram....

At least I am bored with explaining this - this topic comes up two times a month since years.
Make a GLP search for "Moon" and "wrong" or "Strange".
And learn something about the Moons orbit.

But I will make a prediction for Seattle US:
Just before dawn the bright side of the Moon will be left with the "border" (science term: terminator) from 12 to 6.
And four to five hours later (in the daylight) the terminator will be from 2 to 8.

Where do I know?
Science.


PS
The bright "star" close to the Moon is Jupiter.
.

My mates mentioned something about the moon last night... I didn't look and wish I did... Not sure what they saud at the time... Have to wait and see when it appears here...

It's possible as well, but I guess there is also something else...

It's moving that way, yes.
Now it's 11-5 rather than 10-4.

The German knows what he's talking about.

Are you seeing it in the sky right now in daylight? oO

so now tell us: how many degrees should the moon rotates per hour?






..not

Last Edited by IWASTHERE on 09/08/2012 10:32 AM

Very nervy thread. This morning I took the pups out (around 5 AM) and noticed the moon directly above me and looked sorta strange (sorta what the OP reported.)

Looking straight up and turning in one spot - I just never noticed it looking sorta jagged and not smooth at the curvature.

Now, I read this thread. So, OP, there is no doubt in my mind that the moon looked strange. -----and that is from my vantage point way down here in the big State.

No. The Moon is in Third Quarter (half moon) - 50% illuminated.

nor should there be at that time for the last quarter phase. the Moon rises and sets about 50 minutes later each day as it progresses through its phases. In general, the full moon rises around 6 pm and sets around 6 am. The new Moon rises around 6 am and sets around 6 pm. The last quarter (the phase it is in now) rises around midnight and sets around noon. I'd be worried if you were seeing it around 8 pm.

We've just had a full moon so shouldn't it be a waning gibbous, not a waxing gibbous? Would that explain being complete opposite?

yes it would. The other thing that has been brought up is the angle of the terminator but that is explained by field rotation.

for the morning crowd.

Unless of course you happen to be DUCM900 who doesn't believe ANYTHING about field rotation even though the science is sound, supported by EVERY astronomer that hnows the least about astronomy, and explains everything he's been complaining about.

I hate Tards

Of course if you were were DUCM900 you would also have to completely IGNORE every explanation of field rotation preferring instead to remain willfully ignorant because learning is just too hard.

You are such as barbarian dude or something like that.

And then you'd have to say random things that nobody else understands in a sad attempt to change the subject.

Hello AstroShill, then log in and write the same BS as always

Astroshill? You have me confused with someone else. I have never logged in here. You also have yet to prove anything about field rotation is BS. Just because you refuse to understand it doesn't mean it isn't true.

Does anyone have a picture of this moon? I live in Northern WV, about 30 minutes from Pittsburgh PA, and I noticed a very strange moon on Thursday night (Friday morning, approximately 2 AM). It seemed slanted differently, turned like 70-80* to the right, and had a dark red hue like I've never seen before.

This is for the AstroShill bot not logged in as well (coward)

Last Edited by IWASTHERE on 09/08/2012 01:16 PM

As you've been told (and ignored) many times before, it depends on your latitude, the phase and the time of year. There is no single right answer. I'm betting you'll ignore this yet again. You could try any one of a number of astronomy programs, input your location and see for yourself but I'm betting you won't as it involves that pesky learning again.

Another point you've ignored in the past:
IF the rotation were due to some mythical extra Earth tilt (of which there is no evidence) then ALL on Earth should see the same rotation. Instead, it is an APPARENT rotation that depends primarily on location. An observer in the US right now will see the third quarter Moon apparently rotated to the right and setting but someone on the other side of the world will see it rising and rotated to the left. Only possible with the well known phenomena of field rotation.