soorry guys again with the same-little different question.. but iaccidentally missed it , too. so please guys help me get the angle and the azimuth . it is perfectly alright if it's another time(but casual one) not like at 3 in the moring u know..
my location is southwest houston like at 29 degrees or something..........please guys help me .............
2007-11-06 12:15:52 · 2 answers · asked by chakli 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
There are some variables that make an exact angle impossible, but a general direction should not be too difficult. A waning gibbous is a phase that lasts almost a week, and so to get any degree of accuracy you will need to know just how far along the waning gibbous has progressed.
But in short, ideally speaking a full moon would transit to the south of you at midnight. A last quarter will be rising at midnight in the southeast. So at 11pm you can look for a waning gibbous between due east (90 degrees) and due south (180 degrees). You can narrow that down even further when you consider your latitude and the position of the ecliptic in the sky. The moon is generally within 5 degrees of the ecliptic and since you are in Houston, you know that you are probably at least 29 degrees north of equator and since the ecliptic is starting to move north at that time of the night the moon will most likely be in an east by southeast direction. You can try looking at an azimuth of about 120 degrees.
2007-11-07 05:04:45 · answer #1 · answered by sparc77 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hi This program can be set for that date and your position, both of which affect your answer. Its free. http://www.stellarium.com/
2007-11-09 15:23:29 · answer #2 · answered by Cirric 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋