Best time for a moon observation?
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The best time= at night
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The Lyrid shower is due on April 22.  The best viewing is between about 2 a.m. and 5 a.m. local time by looking generally to the North.  The Lyrids usually generate a moderate shower (about 5 to 20 per hour) but on rate occasions have generated as many as 90 per hour.\n\nThe best chance each year to see a meteor shower occurs around June 8 when the Arietids happen.  The best time to see the Arietids are just before dawn.  Look east about 45 minutes before sunrise.\n\nIn all cases, it is best to be in an area away from city lights.
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Well, this depends somewhat on where in the world you live...if I'm in the U.S and it's noon, I won't get to see a lunar eclipse in Asia where it's midnight.\n\nThat said, you should really check out the transit of Mercury.  Mercury passes directly between us and the Sun, and you can see it pass over the Sun's bright disc.  It will be visible for most of the western hemisphere this Wednesday, Nov. 8th.  This event won't happen again for another decade.\n\nYou'll need some kind of telescope with adequate solar protection (I can't stress this enough - you will go blind if you look through a telescope at the Sun without a proper solar filter).  If you don't have this, ask your local planetarium or science center...they may have some public viewing event.  Otherwise, check out the live webcast below.\n\nSome websites:\n===========\nNasa's soft science PR piece, but has local times for the transit:\nhttp://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2006/20oct_transitofmercury.htm\n\nA more scientific NASA page on the transit:\nhttp://sunearth.gsfc.nasa.gov/eclipse/OH/transit06.html\n\nLive transit webcast from Kitt Peak:\nhttp://www.exploratorium.edu/transit/
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The Lyrids will be showering Earth between Apr 15-Apr 28 with the peak being on April 22.  The best time to view them is around 3:00 A.M. and you can expect to see 5 to 20 per hour by looking towards the north.  Unfortunately, this year's Lyrids will be just days after the full moon so many meteors may be lost in the light being reflected from the moon.\n\nAs with all meteor showers, your best chance to see them is to be away from city lights.
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That has happened for the past week, right? Well, when the moon is behind the earth relatively to the sun, it's seen as full; but along the next 2 weeks the moon is going to make her way in the direction of the sun, so when it's halfway it's seen half-illuminated (in the half looking to the sun), in broad daylight... that's the phase "last quarter moon". Slowly day by day you'll notice the moon gets thinners and thinner, and closer to the sun... until one day you don't see it - that's because she's very near the sun from where we stand - and we see her "behind" which is not illuminated.
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Try this interactive sky map link.  You can set it to your location and then look and see what planets are visible and what time.  If you are on the US east coast, look to the east in the morning and you will see Venus.  At aroung 8:00 pm, look to the West and there are 3 planets visible close to the moon:  Mars, Saturn and Mercury.   Jupiter is almost straight up at that time and sets in the west around 2:00 am.\n\nhttp://skyandtelescope.com/observing/skychart/skychart.asp?setLocation=true
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The moon is visible all over the world (not just the Western hemisphere).  In a 24 hour period the moon will be above the horizon for 12 of those hours.  Depending on where the moon is in it's orbit relative to the sun determines when it is visible in the day.  \n\nNew moon is when the moon is nearest the sun, and full moon is when it is furthest away.  That is why a full moon is really only visible at night.  \n\nFirst quarterr moon rises about noon and sets about midnight.  Last quarte moon rises about midnight and sets around noon.\n\nThe moon is brighter than the sky at daytime and so it is visible even against the blue sky of a sunny day.
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The moon is only visible because the Sun light reflects off of it. Even if the Sun is in the sky at the  same time, we will see it. The Moon circles the Earth every 28 days. While the Earth rotates once every 24 hours. The result is that the Moon seems to change position in the sky by 1/28 of a full rotation every day. During that cycle, the Sun and Moon will be in the daytime sky at least half the time. Sometimes we don't notice the Moon because it is only a small wedge or the clouds hide it. \nBy the way, Venus is also visible during daylight hours during some of it's rotation,  but it is a very tiny  pinpoint of light and is very hard to locate even if it is bright.
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For CA and west coast its best to view in the hours before dawn Sat and Sun. Although I think I read you might be able to see something around 8PM - 10PM Saturday, Look towards the east.
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for this meteor shower after the midnight you can have a good observe but the best day for it is 18th of Nov. after 4am for UK.\nfor more information visit this website: http://www.IMO.net\ngood luck!
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It's new moon.... actually right now it's only 1% full. Wait till tomorrow and the day after tomorrow, beautiful sight, a thin sliver... gorgeous. Enjoy!
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The last half Moon around Mar. 7 was as far north in the sky as it can get. But when the Moon is really high for Americans it never gets high for Aussies. That's why the Moon was so low.\nLater in the month the Moon will be high. On March 22 the Moon will look VERY high right before sunrise. It will be only about 15 moon diameters from directly overhead. Fall is the worst time of year to see a high moon from mid-latitudes in both hemispheres. If you want to know the reason in detail you can email me.
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Midnight 'till about 2a ET.  Find a spot where there are no lights in your eyes and stare at the sky.  I hope you see some shooting stars.  Make a wish if you do...
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March 29, 2006 from roughly 9:00 UT to 11:30 UT\n\nIt can be seen in Turkey and best in Northern Africa.  If you live in America then you can't see the eclipse, in fact you'll probably be asleep during.
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It is most likely a satellite. Several can usually be seen every evening, if you look for them. Satellites shine by reflecting sunlight, so early evening or early morning are the best times to see them, since the sun is not in the sky for you on the ground but is in the sky for the satellite at it's high altitude.
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If you want to find out what moon was last night, go look at a calender store and get a moon calender it tells you what the moon is every night of every month. Hope this helps. If you dont want to buy a calender just simply look on ask.com
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It will be on June 11, 2:03 p.m. EDT: \n\nCalled "The Full Strawberry Moon"  Europeans called it the Rose Moon.\n\nYou can  check out dates and timings of all the Full Moons of this year (2006) at the following site:\n\nhttp://www.space.com/spacewatch/060113_moon_names.html\n\nHave a happy MOON time.......