People in here seem to know their onions so I am hoping someone might indulge me by answering a really basic question.
I am sure I should know this. My interest in the heavens tends to be fairly sporadic though
For a couple of weeks I have been able to dispense with my winter curtains so I am aware of the moon again. For the past few nights I have been seeing a crescent moon before bedtime (say midnight) through my bedroom window.
I am sure that the last time I was conscious of the moon through my bedroom window, which will have been back in October 2014 (before I started using the heavy curtains to keep the warmth in) it was shining through that same window in the early morning - 4amish.
Is this possible or am I misremembering?
I understand that the moon goes through phases from crescent to full and back again. I also realise that the moon appears to move across the sky during the course of the night. But does it also rise and set in different positions each day, so that some nights it is visible in the west at a particular time and a few days or weeks later is in say the east at that same time?
I am sure I should know this. My interest in the heavens tends to be fairly sporadic though
For a couple of weeks I have been able to dispense with my winter curtains so I am aware of the moon again. For the past few nights I have been seeing a crescent moon before bedtime (say midnight) through my bedroom window.
I am sure that the last time I was conscious of the moon through my bedroom window, which will have been back in October 2014 (before I started using the heavy curtains to keep the warmth in) it was shining through that same window in the early morning - 4amish.
Is this possible or am I misremembering?
I understand that the moon goes through phases from crescent to full and back again. I also realise that the moon appears to move across the sky during the course of the night. But does it also rise and set in different positions each day, so that some nights it is visible in the west at a particular time and a few days or weeks later is in say the east at that same time?






