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I was recently in Hawaii and was taking pictures each morning of the moon setting over the mountain. This was taking place each day at apx 4:30am hawaii time. My last morning (April 2) the moon set almost an hour later. Can anyone tell me why???
Thanks - Cristi
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Perhaps the mountain was more and more in the way each morning,Originally Posted by Cristi Baer
until the last morning, when it was less in the way. I don't
know which island you were on or which mountain you were looking
over, but Mauna Kea is west-northwest of Hilo, so here are the
moonset times for Hilo, Hawaii. Hawaii-Aleutian Standard Time.
Wednesday, 28 March 2007
3:24 a.m.
Thursday, 29 March 2007
4:02 a.m.
Friday, 30 March 2007
4:36 a.m.
Saturday, 31 March 2007
5:07 a.m.
Sunday, 1 April 2007
5:38 a.m.
Monday, 2 April 2007
6:08 a.m.
Now can you tell us why moonset was about 30 minutes later each
morning, or do you want one of us to tell you?
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Well, the mountains in Hawaii are volcanically active.
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