2006-08-21 05:37:28 · 13 answers · asked by First Littleleo 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
The simple answer is no. How high the moon appears in the sky depends on where it is in its orbit. So if the full moon is high in the sky, the new moons on either side will be low in the sky.
With that said, the *full* moon will be higher in the sky during the winter since it will be opposite the sun, which will be low in the sky. But then, the new moons (and the crescent moons) will be low.
2006-08-21 05:53:17 · answer #1 · answered by mathematician 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
In summer, the Sun is quite high in the sky
in winter, very low
Recently you may have noticed that the Moon seemed to be unusually high or low in the sky. What causes this? When does it happen? Is there a pattern? What are the consequences, if any, of this? Can we learn anything from studying this behavior?
If we carefully watch the Moon for a month as it goes through its cycle of phases, we will detect a day when it is highest in the sky, and another (about two weeks later) when it is lowest. At its highest, the Moon is seen to rise well north of east and set a similar distance north of west. On these days the Moon stays above the horizon for a long time, well over half a day. The opposite occurs when the Moon is low -- it rises and sets well south of the cardinal points and is up much less than half a day.
We also note the sequence is continuous. That is, if each night we mark the locations along the eastern horizon where the Moon rises or along the western horizon where the Moon sets, we will see a continuous progression. Between "high Moon" and "low Moon," these points progress southward from day to day. Between low Moon and high Moon, the points progress northward. We will also discover the distance north of a high Moon is about the same as the distance south of a low Moon.
This observation may have been made by ancient inhabitants of the British Isles. Archaeologists have discovered recumbent stones seeming to point to locations on the horizon where a high or low Moon rose or set. These stones have been dated to the late third millennium or early second millennium BC!
2006-08-22 17:12:58 · answer #2 · answered by spaceprt 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Both the moon and sun appear to travel in the ecliptic, and so if the sun is higher in the sky as it is in summer, so will the moon. It is important to recall though that the seasons are reversed in the southern hemisphere so that the months we associate with winter in the northern hemisphere are summer in the southern. So if the moon (and sun) appear to be higher in the sky in the northern hemisphere, they are lower at the same time in the southern and vice-versa.
2006-08-21 07:04:36 · answer #3 · answered by Traveller 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
From the Northern hemisphere, when the moon is more than 50% illuminated, the moon's highest point during the day is further up in the sky than during the same part of its cycle in Summer.
The zodiacal Winter constellations, such as Gemini, are higher in the sky than the Summer ones, such as Scorpius.
However, when the Moon is less than 50% full, the opposite is true.
2006-08-21 06:11:38 · answer #4 · answered by Zhimbo 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
When full, or nearly so, very much higher. The moon orbits the earth roughly in the ecliptic plane, so when the earth's axis is tilted away from the sun (winter), it is tilted toward the moon and the moon appears higher.
2006-08-21 06:29:55 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Moon isn't any greater interior the sky in wintry climate than in summer season. Its orbit is in fact the comparable all 3 hundred and sixty 5 days around, ranging approximately 25° north and south of the celestial equator each and each month. even with the shown fact that, that's maximum seen on the ingredient of finished Moon, at which era that's on the alternative area of the Earth from the solar. subsequently, because of the fact the solar is at its lowest declination interior the wintry climate, the completed Moon is at its maximum in wintry climate.
2016-12-11 12:38:57 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
That would depend on where you live. Remember, the angle of the sun will appear different also, and they are close to being the same line of the ecliptic. So if you live on the equator, it will be lower during both mid summer and mid winter. At the poles, it will be higher depending on the pole and the season.
2006-08-21 05:46:24 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
No, the moon isn't higher. In winter we (Earth) are further from the sun on our eliptical path.
2006-08-21 05:45:01 · answer #8 · answered by uranium9v 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. The distance between the earth and the moon is constant.
2006-08-24 18:04:18 · answer #9 · answered by Subakthi D 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I dont think so its the same sky it's in in the summer
2006-08-21 05:43:56 · answer #10 · answered by jumpinjackdw 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋