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From: Frank Reed
Date: 2025 Nov 12, 13:04 -0800
Here's another photo from Tom Polakis in Arizona. It's the Moon in daylight with Jupiter visible, too. You have to zoom in at the hash marks in the photo to see Jupiter. The date was 10 Nov 2025. Since a UT is provided (let's assume 09:30:30 Mountain Standard Time which implies 16:30:30 UT), we can use this "lunar" to get a "curve" of position on the Earth's surface. Measure the distance from Jupiter to the Moon's limb in the photo. How can you get the scale? Then find locations where that observed distance could be true at this UT. With any luck there are locations in Arizona. But if not, go where the data leads you... Where else on the globe would you see the same lunar angle at this UT? Can we rule out any of those locations based on other aspects of the image?
Frank Reed
