The Moon.

[PeanutHead]

Taken at 5.44am Monday,


Taken at 5.38am Tuesday (this morning)


Why is the moon at very different places at roughly the same time of day?

[Bisonhead]

Seriously?

Might have something to do with orbits and spinning, gravity and the like?

[ApexJimi]

Is it requisite that respondents to this thread must not have a human head?

[Flawless Victory]

You were early for your bus today.....could've had another 5 mins in bed.

[Mobsta]

I thought the moon was an elaborate hoax

[MrB1obby]

Of course it doesn't move. You've clearly stood in a pothole.

[angry jock]

[PeanutHead]

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.

[V8mate]

Mobsta said:

I thought the moon was an elaborate hoax

It is. It's a an image of an area of Californian desert beamed into the sky.

[Gizmoish]

6 minutes difference.

Moon moves at slightly over 1km/sec.

[croyde]

[Mobsta]

V8mate said:

Mobsta said:

I thought the moon was an elaborate hoax

It is. It's a an image of an area of Californian desert beamed into the sky.

This explains many things!

[PeanutHead]

Mobsta said:

V8mate said:

Mobsta said:

I thought the moon was an elaborate hoax

It is. It's a an image of an area of Californian desert beamed into the sky.

This explains many things!

The reason how the cameraman was able to film the landing on the moon.

[rhinochopig]

I can see why this wasn't posted in the Science forum

[PeanutHead]

rhinochopig said:

I can see why this wasn't posted in the Science forum

As if i would dare,

[rhinochopig]

PeanutHead said:

rhinochopig said:

I can see why this wasn't posted in the Science forum

As if i would dare,

Joking apart you should look at the moon through a telescope one day - treat yourself to one of those cheap Aldi ones; they're surprisingly good for 35 quid. You'll struggle to see it for more than a few seconds because in high magnifications it really does fly across the sky at some speed.

[Mobsta]

rhinochopig said:

PeanutHead said:

rhinochopig said:

I can see why this wasn't posted in the Science forum

As if i would dare,

Joking apart you should look at the moon through a telescope one day - treat yourself to one of those cheap Aldi ones; they're surprisingly good for 35 quid. You'll struggle to see it for more than a few seconds because in high magnifications it really does fly across the sky at some speed.

[CypherP]

That isn't actually the moon. Due to recent legislation, local councils have had to install height-adjustable street lamps to reduce light pollution in residential areas.

Had you taken the photo 6 minutes later this morning, the street lamp would have lowered to the same position as people begin to wake up.

[Eric Mc]

PeanutHead said:

Taken at 5.44am Monday,


Taken at 5.38am Tuesday (this morning)


Why is the moon at very different places at roughly the same time of day?

I'll try to be serious.

The moon is travelling around the earth.
It takes just over 28 days to make one circuit around the earth.
Therefore, each day, it rises a little bit later as it has moved its position compared to the previous day.

[mnkiboy]

rhinochopig said:

Joking apart you should look at the moon through a telescope one day - treat yourself to one of those cheap Aldi ones; they're surprisingly good for 35 quid. You'll struggle to see it for more than a few seconds because in high magnifications it really does fly across the sky at some speed.

Found this out the first time I tried taking a photo of the moon on a zoom lens. First photo - too dark, second photo - too bright, 3rd photo - it's gone off the edge of the screen!