bawn79 wrote:
tiompan wrote:
bawn79 wrote:
astro353 wrote:
Thanks for that if you hear of any more let me know, the new agers can get a bit funny if you bring this up, I wonder how many are being missed because nothing happens on May 1st
Astro, how big is the difference say in the sun rising between May 1st and May 5th for instance, in terms of sun widths (if that makes sense).
For instance I hear that at winter solstice the sun rises in pretty much the same spot for 3 mornings in a row, would this be similar at Beltaine or vastly different?
Between 1and 5 May the sun is moving at a constant speed rising in a different point of the horizon each one sucessively further west but at the solstice it has reached it's maximum eastern or western setting and is about to change direction giving the impression staying in much the same place .
So in other words there would be a big difference in its rising point at this time of year?
At this time of year the sun is moving about half a degree westwards as seen from it's rising point on the horizon .which coincidentally is much the same as it 's width . So a suns width every day until June when it slows a bit .
