At my house in the northern hemisphere sun is setting on the north side of west. I know that there is a 23 degree difference in the summer. Does it also rise 23 degrees north of east on the longest day of the year? And does the moon do the same thing?
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The moon is roughly the same as the sun in this respect, but it varies by up to 5°. The next “major lunar standstill” is in April 2025; then the angle of the sun and the moon will add and the total angle of the moon will be almost 29°. The next “minor lunar standstill” is in March 2034; then the moon’s angle will subtract from the sun’s and be only 18°. The cycle is 18.6 years long.
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