Moon |

Moon rise/set

Moon rise, moon culmination and moon set are always caluclated such that the time displayed refers to the next moon rise, culmination or set respectively. A blue background marks the next event to happen.

Disk

The moon disk is the visible brightness of the moon. The time in brackets is the time to the next moon set or rise, depening on which event happens earlier. An up-arrow denotes that it is the time to the moon rise, a down-arrow that it is the time to the moon set.

Position

If the moon is above horizon, its current position is displayed in local coordinates. The background color represents The assumption is that the further the moon is from the zenith, the more light is scattered and the more influence the moon has on the observations. It does not directly translate into the particular observation conditions or observability.

Source distance to moon

The table displays the angular distance between the sources from the database and the moon at any time of the day. The colors represent Note that the color scales are not well motivated as of today. Anybody is invited to investigate this issue in more details. |