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Average Joe · 11-27-2008, 01:49 AM

Sorry Sol, I didn't read your post properly.

I'm not an astronomer so I don't know how quickly the moon would go to a crescent from more or less full, or how high it should be in the sky each night, but I have to say seeing the brightest moon I've ever seen directly above my rooftop seemed at the very least odd, because I've never noticed that before.

In fact what made me notice is because it was so light outside (moonlight) at 11pm on what should have been an ink black dark winter evening and so I went outside to investigate. "Strange" thought I. "Never seen moonlight this bright". "and where the hell is the moon?" I then thought. "oh its directly above my roof. What the **** is it doing there? Never seen it there before?" I concluded.

Maybe we should check this out, and compare what we see to what we should see according to the textbook. Certainly if anything unusual has occured, astronomers aren't telling.

11-27-2008, 01:49 AM	#21
Average Joe Avalon Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: UK Posts: 377	Re: Strange things I have noticed lately Sorry Sol, I didn't read your post properly. I'm not an astronomer so I don't know how quickly the moon would go to a crescent from more or less full, or how high it should be in the sky each night, but I have to say seeing the brightest moon I've ever seen directly above my rooftop seemed at the very least odd, because I've never noticed that before. In fact what made me notice is because it was so light outside (moonlight) at 11pm on what should have been an ink black dark winter evening and so I went outside to investigate. "Strange" thought I. "Never seen moonlight this bright". "and where the hell is the moon?" I then thought. "oh its directly above my roof. What the **** is it doing there? Never seen it there before?" I concluded. Maybe we should check this out, and compare what we see to what we should see according to the textbook. Certainly if anything unusual has occured, astronomers aren't telling.