I have a problem, and to be honest I am not alone.
There are many many sites that you can log onto showing (I am in the UK), Moonrise etc.
BUT is there anywhere to turn to figure out at what time and HOW HIGH the moon will be.
I am desperate to move because I live in a house where it is much higher than my garden and I am surrounded by trees, with minimal sky available, what I would like to see is somewhere to find, for example
Tonight the Moon will be at x degrees above the horizon at 11pm
It is set for Melbourne, Australia, but you can change the city/country at the top right of screen.
Simply look down the list for today's date (faintly highlighted yellow row) or any other day of interest. You will get Moonrise and Moonset as well as their respective Azimuths.
If you click on the row for a given day a sort of sinusoidal graph will be displayed. Above the horizontal axis The Moon is above the horizon (Visible). Below the horizontal axis The Moon is below the horizon (Not-Visible). If you move the cursor/click on different positions (times) on the graph you will answer your 2nd question: that for example, The Moon will be at 22 degrees elevation, 98 degrees Azimuth at 12:23am.
Hi Jeremy
I can empathise with your dilemma but without going into personal details.
The best way I can think of is to use one of the planetarium programs, eg. Stellarium, to show you the sky and ergo, the position of the moon and anything else at the particular time that you will be or want to be observing.
It is set for Melbourne, Australia, but you can change the city/country at the top right of screen.
Simply look down the list for today's date (faintly highlighted yellow row) or any other day of interest. You will get Moonrise and Moonset as well as their respective Azimuths.
If you click on the row for a given day a sort of sinusoidal graph will be displayed. Above the horizontal axis The Moon is above the horizon (Visible). Below the horizontal axis The Moon is below the horizon (Not-Visible). If you move the cursor/click on different positions (times) on the graph you will answer your 2nd question: that for example, The Moon will be at 22 degrees elevation, 98 degrees Azimuth at 12:23am.
Best
JA
Thanks
Useful, I have copied, pasted and printed off the page
Hi Jeremy
I can empathise with your dilemma but without going into personal details.
The best way I can think of is to use one of the planetarium programs, eg. Stellarium, to show you the sky and ergo, the position of the moon and anything else at the particular time that you will be or want to be observing.
You are right, I must try these things one day, Ill get my son to download it for me
JAs' link is a good one but also download Heavens-Above.com and set it up for your longtitude and latitude. In the menu on the left of the homepage click on the Moon and in there it will give the moons altitude at the time, negative means that it is below the horizon and what time it will be at maximum altitude, crossing the meridian, in the south in your case. Will give similar information for the planets as well.
JAs' link is a good one but also download Heavens-Above.com and set it up for your longtitude and latitude. In the menu on the left of the homepage click on the Moon and in there it will give the moons altitude at the time, negative means that it is below the horizon and what time it will be at maximum altitude, crossing the meridian, in the south in your case. Will give similar information for the planets as well.
I recommend an app called Photopills as it is invaluable in planning photographs and will show you the position of the Sun, Moon and Milky Way from any location at any time. It has a bit of a learning curve and for that I recommend some online videos to master the basics.
It's not free but worth every cent. You can for example search for when the moon will rise over a particular landmark. You can see this on a map or in augmented reality mode. The moon rise and set times as well as azimuth and altitude vary within the lunar monthly cycle but there are other cycles (19 year & 57 year come to mind) where the moon will rise/set at at particular azimuth.
The best way I can think of is to use one of the planetarium programs, eg. Stellarium, to show you the sky and ergo, the position of the moon and anything else at the particular time that you will be or want to be observing.
I'd definitely second Saturnine's recommendation of Stellarium.
Attached are screenshots of Stellarium for Windows desktop and Android.
You can see the time of day/night in each image on screen, and as well in a target's info display, the Alt/Az and EQ locations for a target.
Hope this helps.
Sky Safari is just as good, set the date, select the moon and let it fast-forward through the minutes to show where it is. With altaz coords if desired.
I do likewise for planets and it’s an easy way to find planetary alignments, conjunctions etc.
This might not be exactly what you're after, but I find this one useful when planning a session: https://www.meteoblue.com/en/weather...ingdom_2643743
The seeing guide seems fairly accurate, and you can put in your exact location...
