I hadn’t really taken time to look closely at the IMNS chart for this moon cycle, but as you can see the prediction is that the moon will not be visible Saturday night; I agree.
I want to point out to you some things from the chart on the right that represents the 25th or this coming Saturday night.
The first thing is that the moon will be about two fingers to the left of sunset and only about one finger above the horizon. Even if the moon had a much higher lumination than the .52% it will start with and the .65% it will wax or increase to it is that it situated too close to the sun and light coming from the sun. Even after the sun is set, the light from the sun will not allow the light of the moon to be seen. In other words, the light of the sun will hide the light of the moon from the naked eye.
The next issue is the lag time, or the amount of time from the moon’s appearance until the moon will set, it is only 31 minutes. At the moment the moon appears on this evening is the best chance of seeing it with binoculars. Even though the moon will be growing in lumination, or its light will be increasing, it will also be descending into the debris of modern society’s artificial lights that obscure any chance of seeing such a faintly lit moon. This time of year we will not have much atmospheric dust to hinder the eyes’ ability to see the horizon just above the earth because we have had so much rain and there’s no dust for the winds to pick up.
All this simply means is that if the moon is going to be seen it will be on Sunday evening and not Saturday. Right now it’s looking like I will be able to get a photo of the new moon on the 26th as the weather is forecasting the skies will be clear with only a 6-7% chance of rain.I hadn’t really taken time to look closely at the IMNS chart for this moon cycle, but as you can see the prediction is that the moon will not be visible Saturday night; I agree.
I want to point out to you some things from the chart on the right that represents the 25th or this coming Saturday night.
The first thing is that the moon will be about two fingers to the left of sunset and only about one finger above the horizon. Even if the moon had a much higher lumination than the .52% it will start with and the .65% it will wax or increase to it is that it situated too close to the sun and light coming from the sun. Even after the sun is set, the light from the sun will not allow the light of the moon to be seen. In other words, the light of the sun will hide the light of the moon from the naked eye.
The next issue is the lag time, or the amount of time from the moon’s appearance until the moon will set, it is only 31 minutes. At the moment the moon appears on this evening is the best chance of seeing it with binoculars. Even though the moon will be growing in lumination, or its light will be increasing, it will also be descending into the debris of modern society’s artificial lights that obscure any chance of seeing such a faintly lit moon. This time of year we will not have much atmospheric dust to hinder the eyes’ ability to see the horizon just above the earth because we have had so much rain and there’s no dust for the winds to pick up.
All this simply means is that if the moon is going to be seen it will be on Sunday evening and not Saturday. Right now it’s looking like I will be able to get a photo of the new moon on the 26th as the weather is forecasting the skies will be clear with only a 6-7% chance of rain.Updated Jan 27, 2020, 12:08 PM