The moon rises at 7:50 p.m. (yes, it is still daylight) in the - TopicsExpress



          

The moon rises at 7:50 p.m. (yes, it is still daylight) in the southeastern sky. About 99 percent of the waxing gibbous moon’s visible disk is illuminated, according to the Naval Observatory. And at -12 magnitude, it is very bright and you can’t miss it. This moon is due south at 12:53 a.m. eastern on Sunday morning and it sets at 5:58 a.m. in the southwest. (Compare the moon’s brilliance to Venus, low in the northwestern sky at dusk is -3.9 magnitude, very bright, much like a distant airliner on approach to Washington Dulles Airport.)
Posted on: Sat, 22 Jun 2013 20:39:38 +0000

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