Submitted by John (not verified) on Tue, 2010-01-05 00:10.
I have been observing the Moon cycles, in particular when it 'runs high' and 'runs low' for 15+ years. The Moon appears to cycle up & down as it travels across the sky due to its tilted orbit around the Earth. From its lowest path across the sky the Moon rises higher north on the horizon each day (night) for ~2 weeks until it reaches its highest point when it 'runs high' across the sky. From there the moon descends south along the horizon each rising for ~2 weeks until it reaches its lowest point when it 'runs low' across the sky.
From my view from 43.5 degrees N in Southern Ontario the moon reaches its exact highest point, while visible in the sky from here, 4 or 5 times a year if the skies are clear. For most of the years I observed the moon it was always in the 11 o'clock to 11:30 overhead position in the sky while 'running high' across the Southern Ontario sky. However ~6 years ago the Moon advanced to almost directly overhead while it ran high, a sight that initially made me shiver, and is now clearly overhead while running high over my location.
The only explanation I could discern from this astonishing shift is that the Earth has tilted slightly to the south. This can explain some odd occurences happening today: the melting of the polar ice caps; shifting of the global weather patterns & increase frequency of extreme weather; why some people think the world is getting hotter while others think its getting colder. I now wonder if the quickly shifting North Magnetic Pole, from 80 degrees N latitude to 85 N lat in just the last 10 years, is related to our Earth's tilting therefore altering the relationship of Earth's magnetosphere with that of the Sun's.
Our Earth is a free-floating ball in space held in place by its electromagnetic relationship with the Sun, from what I understand. The melting of polar ice caps, for whatever reason, alters the distribution of the Earth's weight and so it would not be surprising if the Earth will have to develop a new centre of rotation to accomodate this weight shift in its orbit around the Sun.
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I have been observing the Moon cycles, in particular when it 'runs high' and 'runs low' for 15+ years. The Moon appears to cycle up & down as it travels across the sky due to its tilted orbit around the Earth. From its lowest path across the sky the Moon rises higher north on the horizon each day (night) for ~2 weeks until it reaches its highest point when it 'runs high' across the sky. From there the moon descends south along the horizon each rising for ~2 weeks until it reaches its lowest point when it 'runs low' across the sky.
From my view from 43.5 degrees N in Southern Ontario the moon reaches its exact highest point, while visible in the sky from here, 4 or 5 times a year if the skies are clear. For most of the years I observed the moon it was always in the 11 o'clock to 11:30 overhead position in the sky while 'running high' across the Southern Ontario sky. However ~6 years ago the Moon advanced to almost directly overhead while it ran high, a sight that initially made me shiver, and is now clearly overhead while running high over my location.
The only explanation I could discern from this astonishing shift is that the Earth has tilted slightly to the south. This can explain some odd occurences happening today: the melting of the polar ice caps; shifting of the global weather patterns & increase frequency of extreme weather; why some people think the world is getting hotter while others think its getting colder. I now wonder if the quickly shifting North Magnetic Pole, from 80 degrees N latitude to 85 N lat in just the last 10 years, is related to our Earth's tilting therefore altering the relationship of Earth's magnetosphere with that of the Sun's.
Our Earth is a free-floating ball in space held in place by its electromagnetic relationship with the Sun, from what I understand. The melting of polar ice caps, for whatever reason, alters the distribution of the Earth's weight and so it would not be surprising if the Earth will have to develop a new centre of rotation to accomodate this weight shift in its orbit around the Sun.