# Moonset over Phoenix, 8/24

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moonset-over-phoenix-8-24/551471>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [August 25, 2010, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moonset-over-phoenix-8-24/551471 "2010-08-25T23:16:04Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\
**Post date:** [August 25, 2010, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moonset-over-phoenix-8-24/551471/1 "2010-08-25T23:16:04Z")

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Now that I can drive again (yea!), I’m back to my quest of taking the ultimate Moon photo.  
Here’s my attempt from Yesterday:  
[![](https://farm5.static.flickr.com/4073/4927965478_d65c37d927_b.jpg) ](https://farm5.static.flickr.com/4073/4927965478_d65c37d927_b.jpg)

I think I’m going to give up doing this in the Summer - there’s simply too much heat distortion.

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**Author:** ![malkavia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/malkavia/32/5621_2.png) [@malkavia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/malkavia)\
**Post date:** [August 25, 2010, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moonset-over-phoenix-8-24/551471/2 "2010-08-25T23:20:55Z")

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That is quite lovely! What time did you take it?

Apparently I’m \*never \*looking outside when the moon looks like that.

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**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\
**Post date:** [August 25, 2010, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moonset-over-phoenix-8-24/551471/3 "2010-08-25T23:27:52Z")

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> [@malkavia](#):
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> That is quite lovely! What time did you take it?
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> Apparently I’m \*never \*looking outside when the moon looks like that.

That photo was shot at around 5:50 AM.  
Full disclosure: I didn’t just pop outside and take a snapshot - I’ve been planning that photo for _months_. I’ve taken similar photos over the last two years, maybe 2/3 per year. Each one takes combing though ephemeris data to determine when the Moon will be in the right position, and at just the right time - it must set just before sunrise, or it gets washed out.  
I’m going to keep trying - I seem to get better results each time.

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**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\
**Post date:** [August 25, 2010, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moonset-over-phoenix-8-24/551471/4 "2010-08-25T23:42:31Z")

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Nice!

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**Author:** ![Ranchoth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranchoth/32/1066_2.png) [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\
**Post date:** [August 26, 2010, 6:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moonset-over-phoenix-8-24/551471/5 "2010-08-26T06:04:10Z")

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Hmmm…better keep an eye out for any unusually large, aggressive bats or wolves for awhile. 😃

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**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\
**Post date:** [August 26, 2010, 6:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moonset-over-phoenix-8-24/551471/6 "2010-08-26T06:06:25Z")

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I always knew the man in the moon was secretly gay.