The Moon Below the Equator

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• There are two "men in the moon!"
• The moon travels in different directions

If you are from the northern hemisphere, a full moon appears like this:

But if you are from the southern hemisphere it appears like this, upside down, if you will:

(This is the exact same  image as above, rotated 180 degrees in a graphics program)

The fact is, the image of a man's face can be seen from either hemisphere, but it's a different face . Here's the "man in the moon" as known in the northern hemisphere (I threw in some hair to identify the top of the head). Compare it to the adjacent photo:

Here is the man in the moon as those downunder know him- again this is the exact same drawing rotated 180 degrees (except for the hair):

So what appears to be the "man's" left eye to those above the equator becomes his mouth below the equator!

I'll bet you never knew that!   : )

How the moon appears to travel in different directions:

It is the opposite below the equator: the moon travels from right to left in the northern sky, and the southern side of the house is always shady.

Here is a crude diagram to show how the moon moves in apparently opposite directions:

Many thanks to the several people from downunder who helped me understand this.

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