Digest urth.v028.n016

Taken from the web: Tuesday, November 3, 1998 DB: This is Earth and Sky -- Tuesday, November 3 -- a good night to watch the moon rise. JB: Some calendars show the full moon as tomorrow. But the moon is full just after midnight tonight according to clocks in the eastern U.S. -- and full moon comes before midnight tonight for all other U.S. observers. This is the legendary Hunter's Moon -- so called because it follows last month's full Harvest Moon -- whose date is tied to the September equinox. Tonight's moon really is special due to the low angle of the ecliptic -- or path of the sun, moon and planets -- in the evening at this time of year. The moon generally rises about 50 minutes later each night. But it'll rise only about 30 minutes later tomorrow night -- due to the angle of the ecliptic. And from the southern hemisphere, the opposite is true. There's an especially long time between moonrises for our listeners south of the equator -- moonrise will come about an hour later tomorrow night for you. http://www.earthsky.com/1998/es981103.html -alga