Homework 6: Due Wednesday, February 25, 2004

  1. Is the full moon at midnight high in the sky in the summer or the winter? Justify your answer.

  2. If you lived on the Moon

    3. a. would you see the Sun rise and set, or would it always be in the same place in the sky? Explain.
    b. Would you see the Earth rise and set, or would it always be in the same place in the sky? Explain.

  3. Suppose it is the first day of spring in the northern hemisphere. What is the phase of the Moon if the Moon is located at a) The vernal equinox? b) the summer solstice?

  4. Suppose that Sirius is at your zenith at 9 P.M. Greenwich sidereal time. Where on earth are you located? (Give both latitude and longitude).

  5. a). Calculate, using a diagram, the length of a synodic month given that a sidereal month is 27.32 days b) Given that a sidereal month is 27.32 days, how much earlier does the moon rise everyday. I want to see your calculation here, not just an answer. Does your result agree with the Sky-Gazer's Almanac?