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No. When you think about it, the highest appearance of the moon in the sky
has to take place during the Winter, in either hemisphere.
The moon's orbit is inclined to the ecliptic.
So the highest possible appearance is when the moon is
above the ecliptic AND when the ecliptic is high.
The moon is above the ecliptic for half of every lunar cycle ... 2 weeks out of every 4.
The ecliptic is high at night when it's low during the day ... i.e. in Winter.
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∙ 13y agoYes it does; the optical illusion - and it is an illusion - is caused by having objects in the foreground to compare with the distant moon. You can confirm it is an illusion by photographing the moon high in the sky and then on the horizon; if you measure the moon it is the same diameter in both photographs.
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∙ 13y agoNo. Because the moon is not larger then the Earth so it won't be larger then the half of it and it wouldn't matter which hemisphere it would be because the hemispheres are all equal.
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What moon phase is visible due south at midnight?
Full Moon. I think it could be more or less any phase. The phase of the Moon doesn't change much from moonrise until the Moon sets. True. But it is only the Full Moon that rises as the sun sets, and so is highest in the sky ... due south for northern-hemisphere observers ... at Midnight.
What type of crescent moon is on dreamworks?
The moon on Dreamworks is a WAXINGcrescent moon as seen from the Northern Hemisphere.
What is after the phase new moon in moon phases?
All of the other phases can be seen after a New Moon, if you just wait long enough.The one that immediately follows the New Moon is the waxing crescent phase.
What moon phase is one week after full moon?
Known as "First Quarter". The moon appears half-illuminated. If you are in the Northern Hemisphere, it is the half you see to your RIGHT. The moon rises in the east at roughly Noon, and sets in the west at roughly Midnight.
What hemisphere is Ireland in?
The northern hemisphere and the western hemisphere.
What phase the Northern Hemisphere see while the Southern Hemisphere is seeing a waxing moon?
the same
What side of the moon would have reflected light if it is in a waning phase?
If you live in the Northern Hemisphere, the left side of the moon is illuminated. If you live in the Southern Hemisphere, the right side of the moon is illuminated. Regardless of hemisphere, the western half of the moon is illuminated during the waning moon phases.
What phase of the moon at sunset is high in the southern sky?
The first quarter moon is high in the sky at sunset, but for it to be high in the SOUTHERN sky tells us that you are in the northern hemisphere. In the southern hemisphere, the Sun and Moon pass NORTH of the observer.
A sentence using the word waxing?
A waxing moon is a lunar phase moving towards a full moon. This occurs when the left side of the moon is dark and the light side is growing (in the northern hemisphere).
What phase of the moon at sunset is in the southwestern sky?
If the Moon is in the southwestern sky at sunset, then you are in the northern hemisphere, and the Moon is in the waxing crescent phase. You can probably guess, within one day, how many days "old" the Moon is, in days after the new moon. If the Moon is straight south at sunset, then it was 7 days old at first quarter; if it was southwest, it was about 3-4 days past the new.
What moon phase is visible due south at midnight?
Full Moon. I think it could be more or less any phase. The phase of the Moon doesn't change much from moonrise until the Moon sets. True. But it is only the Full Moon that rises as the sun sets, and so is highest in the sky ... due south for northern-hemisphere observers ... at Midnight.
What side is the first quarter moon on?
The First Quarter moon is one quarter day behind the sun. So when the sun sets, that particular moon phase is nominally where the sun was at Noon ... due south in the northern hemisphere, due north in the southern hemisphere.
What type of crescent moon is on dreamworks?
The moon on Dreamworks is a WAXINGcrescent moon as seen from the Northern Hemisphere.
What is after the phase new moon in moon phases?
All of the other phases can be seen after a New Moon, if you just wait long enough.The one that immediately follows the New Moon is the waxing crescent phase.
Right half of moon is illuminated.?
When the right half of the moon is illuminated it would be called first quarter. (That's when you see the Moon from the northern hemisphere.)
Is it a full moon in the northern and southern hemisphere at the same time?
Yeah, just the one moon.
What was the moon on December 7 2009?
From the Northern Hemisphere - waning gibbous.
