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Originally posted by Chadwickus
reply to post by CherubBaby
Sorry, you're correct, it's not the shadow of earth.
Originally posted by jeichelberg
reply to post by luxordelphi
And for the last and final time...please post something...anything...that states beyond all reasonable doubt...we, in the Northern Hemisphere at 41 degrees N would not be able to see a Boat or Cheshire Moon...you have not and will not be able to do so...As Jim Rome would...OUT!!!
Originally posted by spacedoubt
Stop the lunacy, please.
The phase follows the sun. Look at the moon, and you know where the sun is.
Definition of LUNACY
a : insanity
b : intermittent insanity once believed to be related to phases of the moon
Sounds like Labyrinthitis. I had a bad attack 8 years ago and was bedridden for 3 months. I still get it now, it comes and goes. Avoid caffeine and salt.
Originally posted by Sly1one
Originally posted by idunno12
Originally posted by Sly1one
reply to post by CherubBaby
I have been feeling exceptionally dizzy all day today however...
according to stellarium and outside my window...the universe is working as intended currently...edit on 4-11-2011 by Sly1one because: (no reason given)
I've also been incredibly dizzy for the last two days to the point of feeling nauseous. I just mentioned it to my husband this evening that I feel like I have motion sickness. It has finally subsided and I feel much better right now. It could be attributed to just about anything, I guess, but I just thought I would chime in since you posted this.
And to the OP, I just went outside and looked and I actually can not see the moon at all. I don't know if its being blocked by fog or clouds or what but I can't see it...
I am in southern Idaho.
Ya I don't know I'm personally pretty tripped out by the dizziness because well, honestly IM NEVER DIZZY...unless I intentionally spun around...I have no idea why I am dizzy but I have been all day. I'm not sick to my stomach its just really really annoying to see the room spinning and to feel off-balance for an entire day.
I'm hoping I'm just really tired and when I wake up tomo all will be well...if not i'm going to be a bit upset Im tired of being dizzy....
edit on 4-11-2011 by Sly1one because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by jeichelberg
reply to post by luxordelphi
And for the last and final time...please post something...anything...that states beyond all reasonable doubt...we, in the Northern Hemisphere at 41 degrees N would not be able to see a Boat or Cheshire Moon...you have not and will not be able to do so...As Jim Rome would...OUT!!!
Originally posted by Soylent Green Is People
I made a rough graphic that I hope will clear this up.
In my graphic, the little stick figure is standing at about the 40° North Latitude. This is also about where that latitude would be in at night the late fall (around now) relative to the Sun.
The Moon is setting near the west-southwest, and is at the first quarter phase (as in the OP's picture). The little stick figure is facing west, watching the Moon set. When the Moon is setting in the first quarter phase, line drawn between the Moon, then Earth, then Sun would make a 90° angle, with the Sun to the observers' back.
With all that in mind, the top graphic is what this Earth-Moon system would look like keeping the ecliptic plane level.
The bottom graphic is what it would look like if the Earth-Moon system is rotated so the observer at 40° North Latitude is standing on level ground.
This graphic is rough and not mathematically 100% accurate, but it is accurate enough to get the point across. It seems pretty clear by this graphic that there moon WILL look like a "boat" on occasion while setting, as seen from the mid-latitudes on Earth. Of course this effect would be more pronounced closer to the equator (or, more precisely, where the Moon's ecliptic plane intersects the Earth), but the effect can still be seen at higher latitudes.
edit on 11/5/2011 by Soylent Green Is People because: (no reason given)edit on 11/5/2011 by Soylent Green Is People because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by luxordelphi
Originally posted by jeichelberg
reply to post by luxordelphi
And for the last and final time...please post something...anything...that states beyond all reasonable doubt...we, in the Northern Hemisphere at 41 degrees N would not be able to see a Boat or Cheshire Moon...you have not and will not be able to do so...As Jim Rome would...OUT!!!
Your diagram with the sun left out has been a huge mistake. Starting with that premise your options are few or none. Personal attack would be one of the few. Without a sun, you will not be able to show a boat, bowl etc. etc. moon anywhere. So, to answer your question, with the aid of your diagram, there would be no phases anywhere and no light shining on the moon at any angle from any location at any time.