Next Friday just after sunset when the sun is just below the horizon there will be a one day old moon 11 degrees away from the sun. The angle of the ecliptic and lunar orbit will position the moon so that it will appear like a boat above the horion. The moon will be 1 percent illuminated and you will need a clear west south west horizon but it should be a sight worth seeing. I learned this from the Jean Meeus book, forth in the series "Morsels" which I'm currently reading. I highly recomend the entire series I through V for anyone enjoys observational astronomy. Readings like these are how I make it through the cold and cloudy days of winter. DT
Good catch Daniel. Thanks for posting it. I've added it to my planner so hopefully I'll actually remember to look. Looks like a similar situation for the couple of nights after just with bigger boats. Cheers, patrick On 28 Jan 2011, at 00:03, daniel turner wrote:
Next Friday just after sunset when the sun is just below the horizon there will be a one day old moon 11 degrees away from the sun. The angle of the ecliptic and lunar orbit will position the moon so that it will appear like a boat above the horion. The moon will be 1 percent illuminated and you will need a clear west south west horizon but it should be a sight worth seeing.
I learned this from the Jean Meeus book, forth in the series "Morsels" which I'm currently reading. I highly recomend the entire series I through V for anyone enjoys observational astronomy. Readings like these are how I make it through the cold and cloudy days of winter.
DT
My Bad!! The event will occur on Thurday evening. I forgot that UT midnight occurs at 5 pm locally. Friday the moon will be two days old and still very pretty, just not quite as good as Thursday night. DT --- On Thu, 1/27/11, daniel turner <outwest112@yahoo.com> wrote:
From: daniel turner <outwest112@yahoo.com> Subject: [Utah-astronomy] lunar boat on 4 feb sunset To: utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com Date: Thursday, January 27, 2011, 11:03 PM Next Friday just after sunset when the sun is just below the horizon there will be a one day old moon 11 degrees away from the sun. The angle of the ecliptic and lunar orbit will position the moon so that it will appear like a boat above the horion. The moon will be 1 percent illuminated and you will need a clear west south west horizon but it should be a sight worth seeing.
I learned this from the Jean Meeus book, forth in the series "Morsels" which I'm currently reading. I highly recomend the entire series I through V for anyone enjoys observational astronomy. Readings like these are how I make it through the cold and cloudy days of winter.
DT
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But, probably easier to see as it'll be further away from that bright orb that happens to illuminate the sky near it (even after it's gone over the horizon). --- On Fri, 1/28/11, daniel turner <outwest112@yahoo.com> wrote: From: daniel turner <outwest112@yahoo.com> Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] lunar boat correction To: "Utah Astronomy" <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Date: Friday, January 28, 2011, 12:31 AM My Bad!! The event will occur on Thurday evening. I forgot that UT midnight occurs at 5 pm locally. Friday the moon will be two days old and still very pretty, just not quite as good as Thursday night. DT --- On Thu, 1/27/11, daniel turner <outwest112@yahoo.com> wrote:
From: daniel turner <outwest112@yahoo.com> Subject: [Utah-astronomy] lunar boat on 4 feb sunset To: utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com Date: Thursday, January 27, 2011, 11:03 PM Next Friday just after sunset when the sun is just below the horizon there will be a one day old moon 11 degrees away from the sun. The angle of the ecliptic and lunar orbit will position the moon so that it will appear like a boat above the horion. The moon will be 1 percent illuminated and you will need a clear west south west horizon but it should be a sight worth seeing.
I learned this from the Jean Meeus book, forth in the series "Morsels" which I'm currently reading. I highly recomend the entire series I through V for anyone enjoys observational astronomy. Readings like these are how I make it through the cold and cloudy days of winter.
DT
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