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Predator Hunting => Gear Bag => Topic started by: uncle buck on October 31, 2010, 12:19:30 AM
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Moon rise times
The New Moon always rises at sunrise.
The first quarter Moon rises at noon.
The Full Moon rises at sunset.
The last quarter Moon rises at midnight.
Moonrise takes place about 50 minutes later each day than the day before.
No wonder why during a full moon you see it appear later on into the night???????????????
For the moon struck predator hunters...This means might be better to get out there right near dark when the full moon been rising on the 5th or 6th day of the full moon period.. Let say it rises at sunset on the 23 of Oct...(First Day of the Full Moon 7 PM) However on the 27th of October it would not rise for 200 minutes past sunset or at about 10:20 PM.
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Just a refresher on the full moon and how it rises later each day there after...This time around the clouds are helping a bit... You know I don't mind the full moon during the winter with snow on the ground.. Wearing white camo the full moon does not impact that hunt as much as it does in October and November... Now if your in a part of the state that does not have snow cover...Might be good to remember the 50 minute rule.. Worst day is the first day... Start getting later on in the week during the full moon period you might just want to hunt as soon as it gets dark and the Full moon will not occur until later into the night...
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Notice on the New York Predator Hunter web site they have a window that appears and show the current daily moon stage.. That real nice..
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Unvlebuck
This is a calender that you can use also. I have a real neat app on my i phone I use.
http://www.almanac.com/moon/rise/PA/Lancaster/2010-11-25
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Thanks Buckwheat...Yep thats a good one.. Shows just what time the full moon does rise.. That kind of info is valubable to me IMO... Thanks again I saved as one of my favorites on my computer..