I live in Colorado Springs, CO, and I just saw the moon disappear behind the mountains with this very bright orange glow to it..
It was only 2:32AM when it happened. Usually, it's just now getting to the center of the sky!
What is going on? Does this occasionally happen? Are we going to freaking die!?
It is now completely dark outside. Absolutely no moon light.
When I first saw it, I ran downstairs to get my camera because of how pretty it was.
By the time I got back up, it was half way down and I was able to get one decent picture. (By then it was almost all the way down)
It was moving so fast that you could literally watch it set.
It's very windy as well!!
What's happening?
Is God finally killing us because we decided to make another season of Bachelor Pad?
It was only 2:32AM when it happened. Usually, it's just now getting to the center of the sky!
What is going on? Does this occasionally happen? Are we going to freaking die!?
It is now completely dark outside. Absolutely no moon light.
When I first saw it, I ran downstairs to get my camera because of how pretty it was.
By the time I got back up, it was half way down and I was able to get one decent picture. (By then it was almost all the way down)
It was moving so fast that you could literally watch it set.
It's very windy as well!!
What's happening?
Is God finally killing us because we decided to make another season of Bachelor Pad?
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It's called setting. Never heard of it?
" Usually, it's just now getting to the center of the sky!"
The moon isn't USUALLY anywhere at any time. It rises/sets roughly 50 minutes later each day (depending partly on where you are). It's only rises at sunset and sets at sunrise when it's full moon. When it's three-quarters approaching full (called "waxing gibbous") it will rise mid afternoon and set in the early morning. When it's half, approaching full (first quarter) it rises about midday and sets about midnight. When it's three quarters and past full (waning gibbous) , it rises mid evening and sets mid-morning. And so on.
The moon's phases are caused by where it is in its orbit around Earth. That is also going to affect what time it rises and sets, because the moon can only be seen by the half of the Earth that's facing it. Therefore, the phases correspond to different rising and setting times.
I have to ask, how many years have you lived on this planet without noticing that the moon is sometimes up during the day, or rises just before the sun, or sets just after it?
" Usually, it's just now getting to the center of the sky!"
The moon isn't USUALLY anywhere at any time. It rises/sets roughly 50 minutes later each day (depending partly on where you are). It's only rises at sunset and sets at sunrise when it's full moon. When it's three-quarters approaching full (called "waxing gibbous") it will rise mid afternoon and set in the early morning. When it's half, approaching full (first quarter) it rises about midday and sets about midnight. When it's three quarters and past full (waning gibbous) , it rises mid evening and sets mid-morning. And so on.
The moon's phases are caused by where it is in its orbit around Earth. That is also going to affect what time it rises and sets, because the moon can only be seen by the half of the Earth that's facing it. Therefore, the phases correspond to different rising and setting times.
I have to ask, how many years have you lived on this planet without noticing that the moon is sometimes up during the day, or rises just before the sun, or sets just after it?
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Moon does this all the time... Nothing new or special about it.
The last time I saw this was before the Tsunami in Japan I think ...
The last time I saw this was before the Tsunami in Japan I think ...
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LMAO, the question at the end
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It went where the sun don't shine.