Some simple full moon facts
The map above shows the relative position of the sun and moon at 8:15pm EST on January 17th, 2022
The moon is at its highest at midnight
The moon rises and sets opposite of the sunrise and sunset
The map above depicts the moon on the opposite side of the earth from the sun
A few times a year when a full moon a lunar eclipse occurs when the earth's position is is directly between the sun and the moon
This occurs because the moon's orbit around the earth wanders a couple degrees off the equator
If that was not the case many full moons would have an eclipse
What path does the moon's orbit travel around the Earth?