Full Moon Height: When is It Highest?

[haiha]

Hi all,

I've just read that the last full moon (29/6) was noted as the moon was lowest in the year. So there can be the full-moon when the moon can be the highest. Is that around Sep23 (equinox) or Dec22 (solstice)?

Thanks.

 

[Janus]

It would be at the winter soltice. When the Sun is high in the sky the Moon is low in the sky and vice-versa.

 

[russ_watters]

edit: misunderstood question.

 

[haiha]

It would be at the winter soltice. When the Sun is high in the sky the Moon is low in the sky and vice-versa.

So it doesn't have anything to do with the tilt of the moon orbit againt the Earth orbit around the sun?

 

[tony873004]

So it doesn't have anything to do with the tilt of the moon orbit againt the Earth orbit around the sun?

That accounts for 5 degrees of it, but the tilt of Earth's axis with respect to Earth's orbital plane (the ecliptic) has a lot more effect as it is 23.5 degrees. And that 5 degrees from the difference in orbital planes is not dependent on the solstices or equinoxes, as the direction it points (longitude of ascending node +-90 degrees) has an 18.2 year cycle that is completely independent of Earth's seasons.