TheBanyanTree: The Equatorial Moon?

[Woofie]

I have always wondered what the moon looked like if you were at the 
equator.
It is sort of like wondering what the time is at the North or South 
Poles....

Anyway, back to the moon...

It is obvious that what we see when looking at the moon from the 
Southern Hemisphere is going to be different from what folks in the 
Northern Hemisphere see, when they are looking at the moon. It is 
simple, folks! If you are in the Northern Hemisphere then you are going 
to be looking South at the moon and if you are in the Southern 
Hemisphere, you are going to be looking North at the moon!

Therefore, with a little simple deduction such as that employed by 
Hercule Poirot, what Northern Hemispherians see is going to be upside 
down to what Southern Hemispherians see!

So, there I was, some many years ago, trying to explain this to my 
science-challenged cuzzin....

Yes, I suppose I better explain about my science-challenged cuzzin... he 
is an Amercan, which probably explains why he is 
science-challenged..OK..OK..I was joking about that, so stop hitting me! 
I was not joking about the science-challenged bit, OK? He really is, cuz 
he is sort of arty and does not understand simple precepts such as the 
need for watering your garden if you actually want things to grow..

Anyhows, there we were one night and I was trying to explain the moon to 
him. It was tough going, folks, I can tell you! In despair, I decided 
that I needed to explain it to him in picture format, as complex 
abstract concepts were beyond his arty farty comprehension:

"Cuz", I sez, "To explain the concept, if you would just bend over so 
that your head is between your legs and then look up at the moon, you 
will be able to see the moon as we see it in the Southern Hemisphere!"

He did, folks!

And, it was a fascinating sight...he was completely folded into a 
position which was not designed as a natural position for a human bean 
and was staring up at the moon from between his hind legs....I do wish I 
had got a pic of this, but I was too busy trying to control myself from 
having a fit of uncontrollable and hysterical laughter.

And in case you think that this was cruel and inhuman torture on my 
part, fret not, cuz he got me good later on with snapping turtles and 
the haunted root cellar in his back yard ... but we won't go there, OK?

Anyhows, back to the moon at the equator...

I have always wondered wot it looks like at the equator, seeing as it is 
half way between the North and South Hemispheres. I mean if you see one 
pic of it from the Northern Hemisphere and a totally upside down pic of 
it from the Southern Hemisphere, wot does it look like at the Poles or 
the Equator?

Despite my burning desires, I have not yet managed a trip to either the 
North or South Poles to find this out, BUT....


But! I have managed a cheap trip to the Equator!

It is a long story involving Air Asia and cheapo 27 bux (we are talking 
Aussie dollars, folks, not them other somewhat sad ones of other 
countries;) fares, wot I will not bore youse with..anyhows the long and 
the short of it is that I am spending a fright break from work week in a 
couple of weeks in Malaysia. Malaysia, as youse know straddles the Equator.

Now, let's just hope there is a bleedin' moon there that week!

Woof, in Scientific Explorer mode:)
PS. Is there actually a moon at the Equator?

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