Message-ID:

"Spock, did you see the looks on their faces?" "Yes, Captain, a sort of vacant contentment."

tech / alt.astronomy / Interesting how far north the moon is raising at tonight.

Interesting how far north the moon is raising at tonight.

<WOj0N.270524$2fS.16294@fx16.iad>

https://news.novabbs.org/tech/article-flat.php?id=5831&group=alt.astronomy#5831

Path: i2pn2.org!i2pn.org!usenet.blueworldhosting.com!diablo1.usenet.blueworldhosting.com!peer02.iad!feed-me.highwinds-media.com!news.highwinds-media.com!fx16.iad.POSTED!not-for-mail
MIME-Version: 1.0
User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird
Newsgroups: alt.astronomy
Content-Language: en-US
From: a425couple@hotmail.com (a425couple)
Subject: Interesting how far north the moon is raising at tonight.
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit
Lines: 46
Message-ID: <WOj0N.270524$2fS.16294@fx16.iad>
X-Complaints-To: abuse(at)newshosting.com
NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 01 Nov 2023 03:42:46 UTC
Organization: Newshosting.com - Highest quality at a great price! www.newshosting.com
Date: Tue, 31 Oct 2023 20:42:46 -0700
X-Received-Bytes: 2203

by: a425couple - Wed, 1 Nov 2023 03:42 UTC

I live near Seattle, have a great view to the east, watch most
sunrises, and near the full moon, most moon rises.
Sure cold tonight, but seems wild how far north the
moon is raising at.
So today the sun rose at 20 degrees south of due east.
The moon is raising at 43 degrees north of due east.

from
https://www.timeanddate.com/astronomy/usa/seattle

Seattle, WA, USA — Sunrise, Sunset, and Moon Times for Today
Search for city or place…

Time/General
Weather
Time Zone
DST Changes
Sun & Moon
Sun & Moon TodaySunrise & SunsetMoonrise & MoonsetMoon
PhasesEclipsesNight Sky

Moon: 87.3%
Waning Gibbous
Current Time: Oct 31, 2023 at 8:34:24 pm
Sunrise Today: 7:51 am↑ 110° Southeast
Sunset Today: 5:53 pm↑ 250° West

Moonrise Today: 7:25 pm↑ 47° Northeast
Moonset Today: 11:37 am↑ 312° Northwest
Daylight Hours: 10 hours, 2 minutes (-3m 6s)

Day and Night World Map

also, here are the planets

Planets Visible in the Sky in Seattle This Coming Night
Planetrise/Planetset, Tue, Oct 31, 2023
Planet Rise Set Meridian Comment
Mercury Wed 8:39 am Wed 6:06 pm Wed 1:23 pm Difficult to see
Venus Wed 3:42 am Wed 4:19 pm Wed 10:01 am Great visibility
Mars Wed 8:22 am Wed 6:02 pm Wed 1:12 pm Extremely difficult to see
Jupiter Wed 5:54 pm Thu 8:02 am Thu 12:58 am Perfect visibility
Saturn Tue 3:37 pm Wed 1:46 am Tue 8:41 pm Perfect visibility
Uranus Wed 6:15 pm Thu 9:05 am Thu 1:40 am Average visibility
Neptune Tue 4:23 pm Wed 4:01 am Tue 10:12 pm Difficult to see
* All times are local time for Seattle.

Subject	Author
Interesting how far north the moon is raising at tonight.	a425couple