Re: predicting position of earth, moon and sun

Once every 28 days, just before sunrise...

On Tue, 25 Nov 2003 23:57:01 GMT, flacco <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:

>hello astronomy experts -
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>i'm looking for techniques for predicting dates on which the position of 
>the moon and sun as seen from a given position on earth are as follows:
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>- the sun is near sunrise
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>- the moon's position is near the horizon, above the point of sunrise.
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>if this is unclear, here's my picture worth a thousand words:
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>                    **   (moon)
>                    **
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>-----------------------------------------------  (horizon)
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>                   ***
>                  *****   (rising sun - not visible below horizon)
>                   ***
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>i recently missed an excellent photography opportunity under these 
>conditions and i'd like to track down this set of conditions again, this 
>time with camera in hand.
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>thanks!

Good night!

Benoît Morrissette