Thunder Moon on the rise
FROM TODAY'S PRINT EDITIONS:
The full moon rises over Baltimore this evening at 8:59 p.m. It’s the first full moon since the summer solstice, making it the Hay Moon, or the Thunder Moon. If it seems unusually low in the sky late at night, that’s because, around the solstice, the sunward side of the planet’s northern hemisphere is tilted 23.4 degrees toward the sun. And because the moon stands opposite the sun when it’s full, that means the full moon is “low” in the night sky in June for the same reason that the midday sun is “high” in the sky.
(SUN PHOTO: Chiaki Kawajiri, 2008)
Posted by Frank Roylance at 6:00 AM | Permalink
| Comments (1)
Categories: From the Sun's print edition
Categories: From the Sun's print edition
Comments
Friday night, June 25, I was looking at the "Thunder Moon." Looking almost directly overhead, I noticed what seemed to be a fairly bright star, then realized it was moving. It went northward and gradually "faded out." Could this be a satellite? Aren't they too small to be seen from the ground?
FR: About 10:05 p.m.? If so, it was the International Space Station. http://weblogs.marylandweather.com/2010/06/space_cadets_watch_the_intl_sp.html It's the biggest and brightest of many satellites visible to the naked eye, at least where skies are clear and dark.
Posted by: Larry Esser | June 26, 2010 8:34 PM