The Moon.

[Simpo Two]

The difference in elevation seems a lot for only 6 minutes time difference. It would be a better comparison if you took the photos at the same time each day.

[deadtom]

I'm just going to leave this here.

[Galileo]

deadtom said:

I'm just going to leave this here.

Very clever. Well done.

[Mobsta]

Galileo said:

Very clever. Well done.

What are you doing in a moon thread, Galileo?

[aw51 121565]

PeanutHead said:

As it was a full moon i thought it would have been heavier than monday morning and so lower not higher, unless it was filled with hellium.

Ignore the, errm, naysayers (?) here...

The Moon takes approximately 29 days to complete a full orbit of the Earth - so it rises approximately 50 minutes later each day (the time between TWO high tides on average around the world, oddly enough ) and so if you'd taken your first photo on Monday at 5.44AM and your second photo on Tuesday (now yesterday ) at 6.34AM the moon would be in more or less the same position.

Try today (Wednesday) at 7.24AM if you get this message in time - or tomorrow (Thursday) at 8.14AM and the Moon should be in approximatrely the same position in the sky.

Could be some seconds (a minute or so by Friday) sooner, but you'll get the drift?

Post the pics up and you'll show what I'm saying. It's not about the moon being "heavier" when it's full - it weighs the same whether we can see it all (full moon) or not (new moon) and all variations inbetween; it's ALWAYS there, circling round the earth every 29 days .

Any questions on this, please come back to us - but viewing the moon as described will help, with photos if possible .