Re: who moved the moon?





merecat wrote:
> Am I being really stupid? but on my copy of Starry night pro the moon
> seem to be in the wrong place. the software is telling me it should
> be about 11 degrees behind where it actually is. The result is that
> last night, Mars was on the wrong side!
> How strange. At 16.00 BST today Starry night is telling me that the
> moon is at 72 degrees and 15 degrees altitude. My eyes say its almost
> due East at rather more than 15 degrees altitude
> Chances are that its me and not any astronomical anomaly but can any
> kind person explain?

Merecat, have you got your computer clock set correctly on GMT and
have the correct time zone/ location on the program?


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