Tracking the moon...

[MrRyall]

Hey guys. A really newbie question but as with these types of hobby you either know nothing or lots

How do you tell when the moons going to be in view? Not like phases but cycles.

Am I being dumb or is there a way of knowing where the moons going to rise without an iphone app? I want to try my hand at taking a few snaps but I don't know what time the moons going to come into view etc...

This may be really simple, or may not.

Help... I'm too new to all this

[FledglingAstronomer]

Hi im new to all this too i use a program called stellarium to help guide me through my viewable sky 

[nightfisher]

yes stellarium is a superb free to download programme  that shows whats in night sky

[Extreme Fencer]

Hi a good old fashion diary will have moon rise times and may even show the phases. Low type tec!

[ronin]

MoonSunTimes

Search Engine, "Moon Rise Times 2013".

The internet is a useful thing, search engines make finding things like this easy.

Stellarium also gives it.

As pointed out a low tech diary usually has them in, also good for writing down what you observed on the moon, no batteries required, no loss of night vision, good for keeping a dated record off any astro observation.

[brantuk]

Google "skyviewcafe" for a great little alternate ephemeris. It has the night sky moving in real time of course, and one of the tabs has the moon phases and rising/setting times. Check out the insolation tab also which gives you times and levels of darkness by date, and the world map is interesting too - it shows the shadow of sunlight and nighttime as it drifts across a map of the Earth.

[MrRyall]

Thanks guys I had a search and ended up spending about a fiver on little apps lol.

They all do pretty much the same thing just some better at planets, others better at stars

Got a good shot of the moon last night going to try something a little more distant over the weekend if I can catch a hour without clouds