Well, folks, This situation is getting hard to be glib about. What I witnessed last night was very wrong. Read on and you will see that there is something serious going on here.
CliffMickelson
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Greetings, Cliff
I Watched the moon come up last night. I used "clock" positions about 8:30p.m. and it was pretty near a 7:00 positon on the clock. Got up about 2:30, again looked at the moon, it had only reached the approximate of 1:00am on the "clock" ...? Something is wrong here! Wonder if the earth is slowing down in her rotations? If so, this might explain the "shifting of the N. Pole" and slowly slipping out of "orbit"..
vkd
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Greetings VKD!
YES! I saw EXACTLY the same thing. It took forever for the moon to move.
The Transit of the moon was, (according to the US Navy chart, at 3:30 AM. Yet, the moon had barely moved a quarter of the way across the sky by 3:30 AM, much less passed it's meridian!
Not only that, but it is in a very odd trajectory. It is moving up from extremely low on the Southeastern horizon and moving to the West, north west at a skewed angle.
This flattened trajectory was even more pronounced last night than ever before. You are right. Everyone needs to sit up and pay attention to this!
SOMETHING IS VERY WRONG HERE!
Also:
Last night's moon was late again as usual
Here are the numbers for my latitude and longitude:
According to the US Navy Chart Moon rise was due at 12:41 AM May 8, 2004.
However, the moon did not rise until 1:33 AM.
That's a difference of 52 min. compared to 47 the day before and 43 the day before that. There is a common ratio here of a five min. increase each time.
THAT IS A HUGE DIFFERENCE IN ASTRONOMICAL TERMS!
Now, for the kicker. Not only did Mr. Loony Moony rise late, but once again he moved 4 degrees farther west at the point of rising! Point of rising was at 124 degrees east, southeast off of magnetic north.
Think about that for a moment! That is only 56 degrees away from DUE south!
Why is the moon rising at this latitude only 56 degrees away from due south with less than 6 weeks to go before the summer solstice? By now, that sucker should have been transiting high in the sky. Since the moon is supposed to be in a more or less equatorial orbit, that means that once the northern hemisphere begins to tilt away from the sun, the moon will disappear from view all together in no time at all.
Here's an off the wall thought!
You don't suppose someone knows something we don't, and is moving the moon into a safe orbit?
Either that, or the Earth has developed a very pronounced wobble.
One thing is for sure. This "ain't" normal!
I have a bad feeling about this. I have never seen the moon in such a flat and angled trajectory.
I may have to buy some futures on Green Cheese!
-CliffMickelson
