Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 exptools 1/6/84; site ihuxr.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!hou3c!hocda!houxm!ihnp4!ihuxr!lew From: lew@ihuxr.UUCP (Lew Mammel, Jr.) Newsgroups: net.astro Subject: Re: Harvest Moon Message-ID: <1198@ihuxr.UUCP> Date: Tue, 25-Sep-84 23:48:40 EDT Article-I.D.: ihuxr.1198 Posted: Tue Sep 25 23:48:40 1984 Date-Received: Thu, 27-Sep-84 04:29:12 EDT Organization: AT&T Bell Labs, Naperville, IL Lines: 15 The Stardate posting of Sept. 10 on "The Harvest Moon" contained this statement: ... this full moon rises on a path that makes a very narrow angle with the horizon -- so the Harvest Moon stays near the horizon longer than most full moons. This is incorrect. The moon rises by its diurnal motion, not its orbital motion. The referred to narrow angle makes the harvest moon rise at nearly the same time for several nights in a row. The midsummer full moon will skim the horizon as suggested since its diurnal path makes the narrowest angle with the horizon. Lew Mammel, Jr. ihnp4!ihuxr!lew