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Originally Posted by julianh72
Well - the astronomical time of the actual Full Moon is indeed 02:35 UTC, which would be 2:35 pm in NZ - but yeah - mid-afternoon is not a great time to be watching a Full Moon! (You'd think most journalists would have noticed that you very rarely see a Full Moon in the afternoon sky - even if they're not avid sky-watchers.  )
(I'd suggest leaving it until at least 6:00 - 7:00 pm local time - wherever you happen to be.) |
I agree that it is not a great time to be viewing, but it's not an
impossible time.
At the Nundah Star Party last year, we were at the location, setting up, and observing the moon, at about the same time of day you made your post. On 2019-09-07, the moon was 64% waxing gibbous. By approx 3:30pm some folks, including me, were set up and already observing the moon, in the mid afternoon sky.
Added to that, 2 days prior to the Nundah Star Party, 2020-09-05, I spent the best part of an hour and a half observing the moon, from about 2:20pm through to about 4:00pm.
http://www.iceinspace.com.au/forum/s...01#post1444601