Re: phases of moon question

"Richard Tobin" wrote in message
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In article <47e03700$0$15204$607ed4bc@xxxxxx>,
Neil W wrote:

It shows a person standing at 9pm looking (dotted line) towards the
horizon
at the rising moon. I must be doing something wrong, but I can't figure
what.

As I said already, the earth rotates on its axis in the same direction
as the moon orbits the earth: anticlockwise viewed from above the north
pole. When it's noon here, it 6am in America.


Doh! Thanks!





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