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Physics, Astronomy & Cosmology / How can the moon's position look strangely tilted sometimes?
« on: 07/02/2011 13:27:38 »
Hi,
Last night, my girlfriend and I have witnessed a very strange moon position. It was unlike the "text book" pictures we have gotten used to.
The moon was tilted as a "smiley face" which we found very unusual. From my point of view, the moon should never be in such a position because it does not support the lunar phases.
I have looked up on the Internet the subject and all sorts of weird conspiracy and doomsday theories came up. Amazingly, these websites had pictures and videos of the moon identical to what we had witnessed last night, but there was no hard scientific explanation behind the phenomenon.
Can anyone help explain how come the moon can appear tilted in such a way ("smiley face")?
Thanks a lot,
Traianim
Last night, my girlfriend and I have witnessed a very strange moon position. It was unlike the "text book" pictures we have gotten used to.
The moon was tilted as a "smiley face" which we found very unusual. From my point of view, the moon should never be in such a position because it does not support the lunar phases.
I have looked up on the Internet the subject and all sorts of weird conspiracy and doomsday theories came up. Amazingly, these websites had pictures and videos of the moon identical to what we had witnessed last night, but there was no hard scientific explanation behind the phenomenon.
Can anyone help explain how come the moon can appear tilted in such a way ("smiley face")?
Thanks a lot,
Traianim