Well, today is the first day after the Summer Solstice. Everywhere in the Northern Hemisphere the days are now getting shorter (though we are still heating up). Here in South Central Indiana the sun will be up is for just less than 1 second compared to yesterday, but by the time we hit the Autumnal Equinox, we will be losing over 2 1/2 minutes a day, or an hour and a quarter per month. Of course if you were to live in Artic Village, Alaska, the days would be be changing at over 10 minutes a day (5 hours/month) at the Equinox ! The Seasons up very far north (I was once in Alaska at the Equinox) are like turning a light bulb on or off. In a few weeks, it goes from Summer to Winter. On the other-other hand, if you were to live in Ajijic MX, at the Equinox, you’d only lose just over a minute per day at the Equinox. I’m LIKE SO REALLY TOTALLY ACTUALLY SURE my brother misses the “seasons” (i.e., worrying about Freezing to Death and Dying of Heat Prostration). I hate him.
But, anyway, we almost have a full moon.
Tomorrow, look at how high in the sky the sun is at noon. (If you live is South Central Indiana, as I do, the solar-noon will be at about 2:00 pm [we are at the very western end of the Eastern Time Zone and we do that silly Day Light Savings Time thing]). And just look at how HIGH in the sky the sun is! And then, go outside at about 2:00 AM, and look at how LOW in the sky the nearly-full moon is. The trajectory of the moon will be the trajectory of the sun at the Winter Solstice, 21 December, when the days here will only be 9 hours long (compared to the just about the 15 hours as they are now).
And, this is the important part, everything previous has just be preface and me babbling:
If you watch the trajectory of the moon for just the next two weeks, you will be able to see how the trajectory of the sun changes throughout the entire year !