NavList:

Yes, that's correct.  It doesn't get very high, however, because of 
the latitude, and is too dim to burn through much of a cloud layer.  
When it's full, it gets highest around 12 midnight or thereabouts.

Fred

On Aug 30, 2006, at 6:23 PM, coralline algae wrote:

> Assuming a visible full moon in thule, greenland
> then it will be above the horizon  most of the days hours
> even though the sun itself never rises.   In the perpetual
> darkness of winter near the poles, the full moon provides
> a partial respite.    Actually this is a guess on my part
> but then the logic seems sound.
>
>
> On 8/30/06, Bill Noyce < wbnoyce@gmail.com> wrote:
> My bedroom window faces south, and I've often been struck by
> how high the full moon gets in the winter.  Since it stays near the
> ecliptic, the winter full moon will have a declination near that of
> the summer sun, and vice versa, as Fred points out.  First and
> last quarter moon on the solstices should be near zero declination.
>     -- Bill
>
> On 8/29/06, Fred Hebard <Fred@acf.org> wrote:
> >
> > It depends on the phase of the moon.  When it's opposite the sun,
> > full, it's declination is approximately the inverse of the sun's
> > declination.  For instance, on June 21 (summer solstice), the sun is
> > at approximately 23 N and the moon at approximately 23 S, if the 
> moon
> > is full on that date.  Clearly, inverse is not the correct term for
> > this relationship, but....
> >
> > Fred
> >
> > On Aug 29, 2006, at 2:29 PM, coralline algae wrote:
> >
> > > I am reading through a book  -  The Last Kings of Thule by Jean
> > > Malaurie
> > > about his time in a small encampment north of thule, greenland
> > > around 1950.
> > > While reading through a passage concerning travel during the
> > > wintertime
> > > and the darkness there was mention of the moon providing some 
> light.
> > >
> > > Assumptions on my part:
> > > during the summer with the long daylight the moon isnt much of a
> > > factor
> > > during the winter the moon may be the only light visible other 
> than
> > > starlight.
> > > If the ecliptic is tilted such that the sun never rises in the
> > > winter, then wouldnt
> > > it also be the case that the moon never rises or only slightly
> > > above the horizon
> > > in winter?   If that is the case that means the winter darkness is
> > > even more total.
> > > Malaurie point out in the book that during the winter a type of
> > > depression
> > > overcomes some of the inuit and even the dogs.
> > >
> > > >
> >
> >
> > >
> >
>
>
> >


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