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[BananaStand]

I've picked out a few potential mountain tops from which to view and photograph the Supermoon this Sunday.

I see LOTS of articles posted saying "How to view the Supermoon this weekend", and they all say pretty much "look up"

The mountains I've picked do not all of 360 views of the horizon. Some of them are wooded and only have outlooks in one or some directions. And nothing I can find online is telling me from which direction, the moon will rise.

[Poopadoop]

And nothing I can find online is telling me from which direction, the moon will rise.

Well Timmy, the Earth spins around so that the Sun rises in the East and sets in the West.

So where do think the Moon rises and sets?

[OngBonga]

Well Timmy, the Earth spins around so that the Sun rises in the East and sets in the West.

So where do think the Moon rises and sets?

Well, considering it's a "supermoon", it's a full moon, which means it's the opposite side to the sun. As the sun sets, the moon rises. So you want an easterly view. We're approaching winter (or summer) solistice, so bear in mind the further north (or south) from the equator you are, the further south (or north) from true east the sun will set. Which means the moon will rise further north (or south) from true east.

It's not rocket surgery.

[Poopadoop]

So you want an easterly view.

No, you got it right. The moon rises in the east.

[MadMojoMonkey]

@ ong:
Aside from the obvious typo, you got it right.
(You said, "[...] from true east the sun will set," but everything else you said indicates you fully well meant to say the sun sets in the west.)