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From: John Huth
Date: 2010 Feb 17, 19:50 -0500
The only "primitive" use of the moon I can do (no tables) is to look at the illuminated side knowing roughly the time of night, and "follow the horns" of the crescent moon to find south. I guess I could be more sophisticated, but don't really bother.
Greetings,
recently on a camping trip in baja we were looking at the moon and during the conversation one person commented that the path of the moon indicated the season.
By my recollection though I believe that the moons path ( well at least the rising and settings points) on the horizon move back and forth fairly quickly - probably over a lunar months time.
Is there any pattern that I could describe to someone so that they could over a months time see the changes in the path of the moon without resorting to tables or even compass.
Thanks
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