Looking at the sky

  • Full moon in IR filter
    The Moon in the Canary Islands flies high this year (2025: major lunastice)
    Is it just me, or has the Moon been higher in the sky lately? Yes, but that's not all. In just two weeks, the Moon has gone from being very high in the sky to barely rising above the southern horizon. How is this possible? Is this normal? Being at latitude 28 (Canary Islands) on a planet inclined 23.5 degrees to its orbit around the Sun, together with a satellite whose orbit is inclined approximately 5 degrees, is nothing short of a coincidence. But this coincidence means that only on rare occasions, every 18.6 years, does the Moon cross the sky of the Canary Islands practically vertically
    Alfredo Rafael
    Rosenberg González
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