Sunset and Moonrise.

[Old Gringo]

Should be a nice evening for Salt Talks.
  U.S. Naval Observatory
Astronomical Applications Department


Sun and Moon Data for One Day
The following information is provided for Wendover, Tooele County, Utah (longitude W114.0, latitude N40.7):

        Sunday   
        17 August 2008        Mountain Daylight Time         

                         SUN
        Begin civil twilight       6:20 a.m.                 
        Sunrise                    6:49 a.m.                 
        Sun transit                1:40 p.m.                 
        Sunset                     8:30 p.m.                 
        End civil twilight         9:00 p.m.                 

                         MOON
        Moonrise                   8:31 p.m. on preceding day
        Moon transit               1:59 a.m.                 
        Moonset                    7:37 a.m.                 
        Moonrise                   8:54 p.m.                 
        Moonset                    8:44 a.m. on following day

 Phase of the Moon on 17 August:   waning gibbous with 99% of the Moon's visible disk illuminated.

Full Moon on 16 August 2008 at 3:17 p.m. Mountain Daylight Time

[Seldom Seen Slim]

After SpeedWeek, Nancy and I are going camping with a couple of her boys.  We'll visit Great Basin Nat'l Park on the evening of Saturday, the 31st of August -- when there's going to be no moon visible.  We'll be camped at about 9,000 feet -- and the combination of no moon and high altitude, combined with no cities at all nearby, oughta make for some super-duper sky viewing.

Jon:  "Nancy, I see the moon!"

Nancy:  "No, honey, that's just me getting back into the tent."

[Freud]

SSS, Watch for her to emerge from the tent. That's when the stars come out.

FREuD

[Stan Back]

Didnja mean backing into the tent?