Full Moon
November 2nd, 2009 at 7:33 pm by Bill Steffen under Bill's Blog, Weather
Full moon near Ionia from Brenda Wieczorek on POSTED. Sunday evening around sunset I watched a flock of geese flying south pass right by the full moon. The exact time of the full moon is 2:14 PM today (Monday, Nov. 2). This full moon is called either the Beaver Moon or the Hunter’s Moon. Tonight the moon is 236227 miles away from the Earth. The moon will be right next to the Pleiades (Seven Sisters) Tuesday evening. Saturn is visible in the east-southeast in the morning. Venus is sinking lower in the sky, but still visible closer to the horizon before sunrise. Jupiter shines brightly to the south in the early evening moving to the low west-southwest in late evening. The sun is now sunspot-free again, as it has been 77% of 2009. With the time change, sunrise for Monday was 7:19 am and sunset at 5:33 PM. The sun is highest in the sky at 12:26 PM when it will be 32.1 degrees above the southern horizon. At the Winter Solstice, the sun will be only 23.6 degrees above the southern horizon at solar noon. The best view (flyover) of the International Space Station for West Michigan will be Weds. Nov. 11 at 5:47 PM, when it will be visible for almost five minutes.
Good evening for hunting.
A few deer passing by may have helped.
Bill,
I always enjoy reading your blogs and the information you provide. Keep up the great work and thank you!!
Which sky will we have to look at to see the space station.
Bill I think Mother Nature has given
me a birthday day present today.
The full moon!
Thank you for the good news, I have never
heard the term “Beaver Moon” before today.
I am not a blog follower, but a friend is,
so keep up the good work it gets around.
Regards,
Lb
happpy birthday
good weather report! Nancee