As the sun rises in the east and sets in the west, the south side of any house will see the most hours of sunlight during the day – especially in the Northern Hemisphere – so a south-facing garden takes advantage of this.

No, the sun rises in the East everywhere. In the Southern hemisphere it rises in the North-East in the winter, and in the south-east in the summer. In the Northern hemisphere it rises in the north-east in the summer and in the south-east in the winter.

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The Sun is currently in the constellation of Gemini. The current Right Ascension of The Sun is 06h 17m 45s and the Declination is +23° 22′ 18” (topocentric coordinates computed for the selected location: Greenwich, United Kingdom [change]). The current magnitude of The Sun is -26.71 (JPL).

Today’s Moon: The Moon is in Virgo until 4:53 AM, after which the Moon is in Libra. The void Moon continues until 4:53 AM today (since last night at 11:54 PM).

Your moon sign is determined by calculating your full date, place and time of birth and finding your position around the moon. Your moon sign is likely to be different from your sun sign – i.e. you might be a Taurus, but your lunar sign might be in Sagittarius.

A full Moon occurs when the Moon has moved in its orbit so that Earth is “between” the Moon and the Sun. Between the new and full Moon, the amount of Moon we see grows — or waxes from its right side toward its left side.

While the moon’s magnetic effect is not creating a physical movement of water in our bodies (according to science), it could be bringing heightened emotions to surface. The full moon can feel like a bit of a disruptive time, resulting in more erratic behaviour, tension, or tiredness.

For the most part, a full moon doesn’t cause people to become more aggressive, violent, anxious, or depressed. There does seem to be a link between the phases of the moon and changes in symptoms of bipolar disorder.

The bottom line A new study finds we sleep less on the nights leading up to a full moon. Experts say there’s still no evidence that lunar gravity can affect sleep, and that light in some way is likely causing this effect.

This belief still occurs in some mental health professionals, who report that the agitation of psychiatric symptoms induced by the full moon results in increased admissions, suicides, homicides, and emergency department (ED) visits [1–4].

For now, our anomalously large Moon is spinning away from us at a variable rate of 3.8 centimeters per year. But, in fact, the Earth and Moon may be on a very long-term collision course — one that incredibly some 65 billion years from now, could result in a catastrophic lunar inspiral.

It constantly moves around us. Without the force of gravity from the Earth, it would just float away into space. This mix of velocity and distance from the Earth allows the Moon to always be in balance between fall and escape.

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