Observation by Alan Snook: Major Lunar Standstill

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Alan Snook

Observer

Alan Snook

Observed

2025 Jun 12 - 00:57

Uploaded

2025 Jun 12 - 08:59

Objects

The Moon

Equipment

Hand-held Samsung Galaxy A52s, leaning out of upstairs window

Location

Kent, UK

Target name

Moon

Title

Major Lunar Standstill

About this image

It’s not often you see the Full Moon this low when due south. It is pictured here (from latitude 51.2N) within 6 degrees of due south at an altitude of only 9.50 degrees (JPL Horizons). At present the Moon is within a quarter-degree of reaching its maximum plus/minus declination. Fred Hoyle demonstrated the placing of the Station Stones at Stonehenge allows the measurement of when the Standstill is reached, once every 18/19 years. The red lights on the horizon are navigation lights on an 800-foot mast some 9 miles away.

Files associated with this observation

Major Lunar Standstill 2025-06-12.jpg (2.2 MB)

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