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Old July 27th 18, 11:18 AM posted to rec.photo.digital
Carlos E.R.
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Default Moon direction finder

On 2018-07-26 01:17, RichA wrote:
On Wednesday, 25 July 2018 05:12:10 UTC-4, Carlos E.R. wrote:
Hi,

There is going to bee a Moon eclipse this Friday, a Red Moon.

Now I wonder, is there some application or web page that shows in a map
of any location in what exact direction the Moon is going to be at a
given day and hour?

That is, I want to plan where to go and take photos of the Moon, to see
what obstacles are on the way of my shots.

A web page would be fine, or an Android application.


It is not a star map, that I have. And yes, it tells me the moon
location at the time needed, but then I have to calculate the position
on the landscape by hand and paper.


N. America cheated out of this one, unfortunately.


It will be difficult here, because it will start at dusk. I found the
place I want, but the sun will be in the back, the moon very dark just
touching the horizon, and a lot of low clouds, summer "fog"; "Calima" we
call it here. And light pollution on top. Unless I travel to some high
mountain some 200 Km away.

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Cheers, Carlos.