Topic: Major Lunar Standstill (moonrise and moonset)
Robert Pearlman Editor
Posts: 55205 From: Houston, TX Registered: Nov 1999
posted 09-09-2025 06:15 PM
Griffith Observatory is hosting an online broadcast of the major standstill northern moonrise from Chimney Rock, Colorado on Sept. 13 from 9:30 p.m. to 10:50 p.m. PDT and Sept. 14 from 10:30 p.m. to 11: 50 p.m. PDT, weather permitting. The entire live US Forest Service program at Chimney Rock will be presented in this broadcast.
The moon is doing something it hasn't done for more than 18 years. Its orbit around the Earth is now tilted at the greatest angle from the path of the sun. We'll see this on the ground each month as the moon rises and sets as far north and as far south as it is ever seen.
This circumstance is known as the major lunar standstill. It is taking place now, and it will continue through most of 2025.
Griffith Observatory's team will be broadcasting this phenomenon on September 13 and September 14, 2025 from Chimney Rock National Monument, Colorado, where the view is especially striking and significant.
posted 09-09-2025 06:15 PM
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