Photography

Last edited Mon Nov 20, 2023, 07:29 AM - Edit history (1)

Every 24 hours, your reference direction for "up" actually rotates 360 degrees around the Earth's axis. The moon appears to have changed its inclination relative to your local horizon and your camera, but it's actually the horizon and camera that have changed their inclination relative to the moon. So, the apparent daily orbit of the moon and its apparent 360-degree rotation while doing so are both illusions caused by the rotation of the Earth.

I remember back in the late 90s, the "OMG, the moon has flipped between moonrise and moonset!" was a silly thing for a while.