Where is the Moon?

[markrung]

I have just taken stock of my first scope and am a complete beginner so appologies for this...

According to Stellarium the Moon doesn't show its face till 4:00am I am from the UK and live in Birmingham. If I am correct when will the Moon be appearing at a more appropriate time?

Thank you.

[SteveL]

scroll forward in time with stellarium and it will show you when.

[Capricorn]

I simply wait until it sort of happens to be there.

Oddly the last time I saw it was Monday at about 2:00 in the afternoon, half moon in the West. Looked slightly odd in a bright sunny blue sky.

Didn't have a scope as I was at work, but I did wonder what a view of it would be like.

As it is waning (getting smaller) by the time it reappears at "night" I suspect it may be close to new so just a narrow arc.

Couldn't you just specify a date like Sept 19 or Sept 26 to Stellarium and see what the state of the moon is like then?

[hoobz]

towards to end of the month it'll hug the horizon in the south for a bit, then it'll start to rise higher as we move thru october. rising from the east.

[daz]

In Stellarium, use L to make time go forward. Press repeatedly and time will go faster.

Use K to stop and J to move back in time, again, press repeatedly....

[markrung]

Thank you for your responses, I'm more familiar with how Stellarium works

[CaptPaul]

Have a look at these i found:

Only problem is i cant remember where i got them :S

Sorry forgot to say which is which: Top one is for september and bottom is for October