Moon in the Zenith

[CentaurZ]

An hour ago I saw something I had never seen before: The Moon in the Zenith.

That was from my new home in Florida after recently moving from Illinois.

I phoned my brother whose winter home is less than 4 miles away. He got a kick out of it. He's moving back to Illinois tomorrow, and intends to brag about seeing it at 90.0 degrees altitude. For me it was at 89.9, but zenith was still within the disk of the Moon.

We also sighted the second brightest fixed star on the celestial sphere: Canopus. It can easily be seen from Florida, but not at all from Illinois.

Edited March 12, 2022 by CentaurZ