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So tomorrow the full moon sets just thirty minutes after sunrise. Great forecast too. The right time to be in the right place........  Time for this https://www.mooncalc.org/#/57.4136,-6.1946,16/2018.12.21/11:12/1/0, maps and some trigonometry.

In reply to Robert Durran:

You mean before sunrise?

For anyone using an Android phone, there's a remarkable free app called "Daff Moon" that's well worth taking the time to download and have a bit of a play with.

 

In reply to deepsoup:

No, after. For a worrying moment there, I wondered whether I'd got it wrong!

In reply to Robert Durran:

Ah yes, quite right, my mistake sorry.

The moonrise this afternoon was a good one down this way.  It came up just as I was getting back to my van after a little run in the Peak, one of those 'wow' moments that makes you glad to be out there.

In reply to Robert Durran:

amazing single exposure of the christmas comet with meteor captured recently: https://twitter.com/alynwallace

 

In reply to malk:

Wow. 

This moonrise pic is quite something too.  (And apt for the thread.)
https://twitter.com/alynwallace/status/1069857091668594688

In reply to Robert Durran:

Right place, right time, cloud in wrong place

In reply to Robert Durran:

Might be worth noting that the next full moon enters eclipse in the wee sma' oors.

https://www.timeanddate.com/eclipse/lunar/2019-january-21

In reply to streapadair:

Yes, I noticed that. And quite good timing of moonrise and sunset previous afternoon (and a Sunday!)

In reply to Robert Durran:

This is useful too:-

https://www.photoephemeris.com/

In reply to Toerag:

That's almost like cheating! 

In reply to Robert Durran:

I know! I have a really good project in mind, just need to borrow and adapter and monster lens to do it justice!

In reply to Robert Durran:

Another thing to have a look at is Stellarium - free to download and shows the sky for anywhere on Earth for just about anywhen.

Dave