The next Full Moon will be on Wed 13 July ‘221.
Today, tomorrow or the next day, look at how HIGH in the sky the Sun is at noon. (If you live in South Central Indiana, as I do, solar-noon will be at about 2 p.m. [we are at the very western end of the Eastern Time Zone and we do that silly Day Light Savings Time thing]). And then, go outside at about 2 a.m., and look at how LOW in the sky the nearly-full moon is; the moon will only be up for a few hours and might not even make it over the trees2. The trajectory of the Full Moon roughly3 follows the trajectory of the Sun a half of a year in the future or past; so, you will be able to see the trajectory of the sun at about the time of the Winter Solstice, 21 December 20224, when the days here will only be 9 hours long compared to about 15 hours as they are now.
And, here’s the important thing:
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 ! The crescent New Moon, about 14 3/4 days following the Full Moon, will follow the trajectory of the sun NOW, not 6 months from now. This is very handy if you are thinking about how the sun might shine throughout the year on your solar array5.
Above is the Trajectory of the Full Moon on 13 Jul ‘22, and below is the Trajectory of the Crescent Moon 15 days hence.
And remember: always keep safe while watching the Moon — it is Chigger Season! For protection against Chiggers, see here.
Oh, and the Perseid Meteor Shower will peak on 12-13 Aug ‘22.
Just copying and pasting part of a previous Post, The Moon and The Sun, from last year on the Summer Solstice, 21 June 2021, and adding a couple of pictures and footnotes.
I got to see the full Moon on the Summer Solstice in the Archipelago in Sweden — the moon barely made it over the hill on the other side of the inlet.
Roughly. If the Moon were exactly in the Earth’s orbital plane, we would have an eclipse every month! And this full Moon won’t be exactly 6 months from the Winter Solstice.
You know the Story — the Sun died, was dead for 3 days, and then rose from the dead — if you look VERY carefully, on Christmas Day, the Sun will have risen just a small measurable pinch from it’s death (low point) at the Winter Solstice, foreshadowing the Spring (Easter) Equinox, 3 months later. Most, if not all, of our Christian Holidays were stolen from older religions. Well, Easter isn’t exactly the Equinox — it’s the first Sunday after the first Full Moon after the Equinox — so the Easter calendar date can change by as much as 37 days! Now you know why, in the past, scientists were employed by Religions! Think about those Mayan sacrifices on the Eclipses! You can learn more about this, and the Zodiac in the film, Zeitgeist (or here) by Peter Joseph (one of my favorite movies; when I found a link to an uncensored version of it, I began to watch it again); much of it based upon the work of Jordan Maxwell.
This way you only need to spend 2 weeks to see the Sun’s Trajectory for an entire year, not 6 months. Of course, you know what the problem is with Instant Gratification, don’t you ? It takes too long.