the position of the moon in the sky

I know where to get information about where and when the sun and moon are going to rise and set, but does anyone know if there is a way to figure out where and then the moon will be in a specific location in the sky?

I have seen a bunch of pictures where the moon is positioned relative to another element in a photograph that makes me quite certain the photographer was anticipating the moon would be in that spot when they made the photo. for example, the moon sitting just above one of the towers of a bridge, or in between two sky scrapers, or sitting on top of coit tower like a golf ball on a tee.

anyone know how they figured that out?
or was it just guess and check, or luck

In the film days, you'd capture the scene (say a skyline), then cock the shutter without advancing the film, and shoot the moon with a long lens.
Two advantages:

• The moon will be exposed properly (instead of overexposed)
  
• The moon will appear bigger.
  

This may help as well. But it only works in the US.
http://www.sunrisesuns​et.com/custom_srss_cal​endar.asp

Lots of difficult maths and trigonometry

oh i can handle the math, 5 semesters of calculus taught me that
the trouble is that i cant find the math in order to do it

You don't have to do the math. Try some astronomy websites. They should have everything you need to get moon coordinates from now until the end of time.

I've used this one in the past: http://www.stargazing.​net/astropc/index.html

You'll need to know the coordinates of where you are shooting.

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pyro701n wrote in post #5679102
oh i can handle the math, 5 semesters of calculus taught me that
the trouble is that i cant find the math in order to do it

Unfortunately math these days doesn't seem to focus on many word problems.

Your hint is that the earth always rotates at the same speed. That and the moonrise/moonset times should be all you need.

May I suggest cheating a bit and just adding the moon after the fact? May be easier and will allow you to choose the exact size and location you desire.

Cheat...I am aghast that such a thing would even be suggested.

Stocky wrote in post #5679139
Unfortunately math these days doesn't seem to focus on many word problems.

Your hint is that the earth always rotates at the same speed. That and the moonrise/moonset times should be all you need.

Sorry but that's not correct. That tells you nothing about the height of the moon in the sky.

I was half joking about doing the maths, I'm certain someone would have already come up with the tables and charts that you can just look up. And don't worry, there's no calculus involved, just lots of spherical trig Not difficult but very time consuming.

The U.S. Naval Observatory has calculation formulas and data for the entire ephemeris. I suspect the Enzed and Aussie equivalents do too.

www.usno.navy.mil/

http://www.thinkgeek.c​om/gadgets/watches/72b​b/
http://www.thinkgeek.c​om/gadgets/watches/a89​0/

These watches might be useful

I like this website. You put your zip code in, then you can pick a day and time to get the location of the moon, planets and stars.

http://www.wundergroun​d.com/sky/index.asp