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Mousetoescamper

(5,142 posts) Mon Nov 20, 2023, 12:14 AM Nov 2023

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Apparent changes in the moon's inclination tonight [View all]

The moon appears to have changed its inclination during the hours between the following shots. The simplest explanation I've found is that the moon's orientation with respect to our horizon "shifts throughout the night because we live under a curved dome of sky. Think of the curved arc traveled by the sun during the day. The moon and the stars follow similarly curved paths."

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;-) elleng Nov 2023 #1

Remarkable! Seconds apart. Thanks! Mousetoescamper Nov 2023 #2

What an interesting thought, my dear Mousetoescamper! CaliforniaPeggy Nov 2023 #3

Thanks and you're welcome! Mousetoescamper Nov 2023 #5

Ah HAH!!111!!! Marcus IM Nov 2023 #4

Do your research! Those other planets are disks. Or lights in the sky. 'Nuff said! Mousetoescamper Nov 2023 #6

Simple: It's doing a slow roll along the rim of the turtle shell. Hermit-The-Prog Nov 2023 #7

So that's what wakes me every night at 3 AM. And here I've been blaming the cat. Mousetoescamper Nov 2023 #8

Correct: The moon didn't rotate; you did William Seger Nov 2023 #9

Thanks for your intelligible explanation, William Seger! Mousetoescamper Nov 2023 #10

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