Lunar Standstill June 2024

Lunar Standstill June 2024. We observe the major lunar standstill by watching where the moon rises on the eastern horizon and where it sets on the western horizon. Scientists hope to find out during a rare 'major lunar standstill, which happens once every 18.6 years.

In this way, the major lunar standstill is similar to observation of the sun at the solstices. A major lunar standstill is when moonrise and moonset are furthest apart, meaning that the moon rises and sets most extreme northerly and southerly positions on the horizon.