Rise & Set Azimuths for Solstices, Equinoxes, Cross ...

Rise & Set Azimuths for

Solstices, Equinoxes, Cross-Quarter Days & Major/Minor Standstills

at North 36? Latitude

[Hold overhead for proper orientation.]

NORTH

Major Lunar Standstill

Summer Moonrise

(53.71?)

Major Lunar Standstill

Summer Moonset

(306.29?)

Summer Solstice

Sunrise

(59.85?)

Minor Lunar Standstill

Summer Moonrise

(67.41?)

Summer Solstice

Sunset

Minor Lunar Standstill

(300.15?)

Summer Moonset

(292.59?)

May & August

Quarter Sunrise

(68.62?)

Equinox Sunrise

(89.4?)

May & August

Quarter Sunset

(291.38?)

EAST

WEST

Equinox Sunset

(270.6?)

February & November

Quarter Sunset

(249.91?)

February & November

Quarter Sunrise

(110.09?)

Minor Lunar Standstill

Winter Moonrise

Winter Solstice

(112.7?)

Sunrise

(118.77?)

Winter Solstice

Sunset

(241.23?)

Minor Lunar Standstill

Winter Moonset

(247.3?)

Major Lunar Standstill

Winter Moonset

(233.39?)

Major Lunar Standstill

Winter Moonrise

(126.61?)

SOUTH

Location of Mound Bottom Archaeological Site is

North 36? 08¡¯ 21.28¡±

West 87? 05¡¯ 28.75¡±

Note:

Interval between Major & Minor Lunar Standstills is approx. 9.3 years,

or 18.61 years between two Major/two Minor standstills.

Source of calculations:

Preparer: M.K. Stengel, ?3/18/09

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