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« on: March 12, 2025, 10:30:44 PM »
Curious indeed. So if it's "moving faster", it must be rising and setting earlier than in published tables? Seems just fine here in England.
What we perceive as "movement of the Moon" from Earth, however, is a misinterpretation of the facts. Although the Moon appears to progress East to West, or left to right as observed in the northern hemisphere, that is not the Moon moving. As an observer on Earth we are actually moving from West to East, giving the appearance of Lunar movement to the West (the "increased speed" supposedly observed and videoed).
So what the video perports to demonstrate is that the Earth has increased in speed. If so why did the Sun rise and set today just as predicted?
Of course, it's actually more complicated than that. The Moon is really moving relative to the rest of the sky, but its actually orbiting from west to East, right to left; That's why, each night, the Moon rises a little later, sets a little later, and appears further East each night relative to other stellar objects.
So if the Moon was moving faster, that motion would appear to an Earthbound observer as a reduction in it's rate of westward movement across the sky.
Having said all of that, it's perhaps worth pointing out that this, like the sister Mars-rotation thread currently running and most of what this poster puts out, though moderately entertaining, is complete hokum. Outlandish claims are made, and critical replies generate increasingly obscure videos, references and quotations, all couched in quasi-mystical mumbo jumbo.
Lets look at some verifyable facts. The "Moon going faster video" is from a handheld camera, the exact location in "England" is unknown and unverified, there is no evidence that the camera was stationary. Did the observer check the Moon's position against a chart, or just film it for 15 seconds and put it on line? The comments from usernames are gossip. The comment from an "RE scientist in New Mexico (where he lives)" is gobbledegook. Just spend a minute reading it. Does it even make sense? Quote;
By my rough estimate, the Sun’s position about an hour after dawn (aka the Earth’s tilt) had been displaced by nearly 30 degrees (along the 360 degrees Earth spin).
Is that a scientist? What does he mean?
What about these;
"No one can explain the movement of the Moon in that clip". Really?
"NASA can't explain why the Gizeh pyramid was covered in water up to an elevation of 100 meters in recent historical Times". Why would thew National Aeronautics and Space Administration even be investigating wet pyramids?
"We are approaching the astronomical reset, where soon the Sun will rise from the West and then set in the East". What? How is this going to happen? I mean, give us some actual mechanics. Does the earth/Celestial Dome change rotation? Why? And in the constellations of Orion and Gemini? Again, Why? and how do you know? And should we be doing some prepping?
Whatever shape the Earth and Heavens there are quite a few people standing on the former and observing the latter. Astronomers, mariners, aviators, meteorologists; professional, amateur or just mildly interested. Whatever the mechanics of the Cosmos, across the Globe/plain literally hundreds of millions of people watch the skies, predict phenomena, and in many cases use those predictions to plan their activities.
If the Moon or Mars were actually getting faster or slower, don't you think someone else would have noticed?
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